Exodus 20:26 KJV

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

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • thou, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Idolatry again forbiddenMoses 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...

Cross References

  • Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
  • Psalms 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
  • Hebrews 12:28–29 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: …
  • 1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

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Topics

  • Altar Mosaic commandments prescribing the construction of Altar
  • Amram 1. Father of Moses
  • Israel The law delivered to
  • Revelation The law is revealed
  • Sinai The law delivered to Moses upon

Timeline

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Neither shalt thou go up וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and תַעֲלֶה taʿălê עָלָה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
  • by steps בְמַעֲלֹת bĕmaʿălōt מַעֲלָה Noun · feminine plural · with preposition
  • unto mine altar עַל ʿal Preposition מִזְבְּחִי mizbĕḥî מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • that thy nakedness אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עֶרְוָתְךָ ʿerwotkā עֶרְוָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • be not discovered לֹא lōʾ Negative תִגָּלֶה tiggālê גָּלָה Verb · niphal imperfect, third person feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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