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

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

Fulfill Your Vow to God

5 ^[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.

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)

³ Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:

Aaron remained silent.