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

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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

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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Footnotes

  1. 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome

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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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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