Exodus 20:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Never use stairs to go up to my altar. Otherwise, people will be able to see under your clothes."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

ASV:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

BBE:

And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

DBY:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

ERV:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

JPS:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

WBS:

Neither shalt thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

WEB:

Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'

YLT:

neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

Exodus 20:26 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 28:42 "You shall make for them linen breeches to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs.

Exodus 28:43 "They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy {p} nakedness be not discovered thereon.
(p) Which might be by his stooping or flying up of his clothes.

WES:

20:26 Neither shall thou go at by steps unto mine altar - Indeed afterwards God appointed an altar ten cubits high. But it is probable, they went not up to that by steps, but by a sloping ascent.

MHC:

20:22-26 Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spake in his hearing all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments. The laws in these verses relate to God's worship. The Israelites are assured of God's gracious acceptance of their devotions. Under the gospel, men are encouraged to pray every where, and wherever God's people meet in his name to worship him, he will be in the midst of them; there he will come unto them, and will bless them.

CONC:

Altar Bodies Discovered Exposed Fear Lest Nakedness Revealed Steps Thereon Uncovered

Altar Bodies Discovered Exposed Fear Nakedness Revealed Steps Thereon Uncovered

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