Exodus 20:26
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And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
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for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.