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26 You shall not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.

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26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts(A) may be exposed.’

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16 for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”(A)

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16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2

Reverence, Humility, and Contentment

[a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools, for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.1 4.17 in Heb
  2. 5.1 Cn: Heb they do not know how to do evil

Fulfill Your Vow to God

[a]Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.

a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
    great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(A)

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  1. 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome

In the council(A) of the holy ones(B) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(C)

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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe, 29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)

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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,(A) let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,(B) 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,

‘Through those who are near me
    I will show myself holy,
and before all the people
    I will be glorified.’ ”

And Aaron was silent.(A)

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Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

“‘Among those who approach me(A)
    I will be proved holy;(B)
in the sight of all the people
    I will be honored.(C)’”

Aaron remained silent.

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