Exodus 20:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Exodus 20:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the building of altars must have been old and accepted, an...
Exodus 20:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy (p) nakedness be not discovered thereon. (p) Which might be by his stooping or flying up of his clothes.
Exodus 20:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:22-26 E. Laws of Worship. This begins the Book of the Covenant, a small collection of religious and moral laws. The reference to God as talking with the people from heaven ( Exodus 20:2...
Exodus 20:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by steps. Only exposes nakedness. "I will come unto thee " ( Exodus 20:24 ) is the essence of worship. Our approach is quite secondary. Whether by "tool" or "steps", it either pollutes the Divi...
Exodus 20:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. Neither shalt thou go up. When God had prescribed modesty to the priests in their whole life, and in their private actions, no wonder that He should require especial care of decency and...
Exodus 20:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar - The word altar comes from altus, high or elevated,...
Exodus 20:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Neither shalt thou go up, &c.— God forbids the altar to be erected high, with many steps, as were the altars of the heathen celestial deities. REFLECTIONS.— Idolatry being the sin to whi...
Exodus 20:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar. This precaution was taken for the preservat...
Exodus 20:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and...
Exodus 20:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT. (22-26) In the remainder of Exodus 20 , and in the three Chapter s which follow, we have a series of laws delivered by God to Moses, immediately after the delivery of th...
Exodus 20:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest,...
Exodus 20:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the People Fear; Idols and Altars Exodus 20:18-26 When our Lord was on earth He was so attractive and winsome that the publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him, penitents wept at His feet, c...
Exodus 20:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Exodus 20:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not this altar of earth intended to shew, that as the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, and nothing of creature property is to be mixed with it, so salvation is all the Lord's; nothing...
Exodus 20:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar ,.... That is, you priests, the sons of Aaron, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase the words; the altar of burnt offering built when...
Exodus 20:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Ver. 26. That thy nakedness. ] We blush when taken naked, as if the blood would run forth to cover...
Exodus 20:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar Indeed afterward God appointed an altar ten cubits high. But it is probable they went not up to that by steps, but by a sloping ascent. The garment...
Exodus 20:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delive...
Exodus 20:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law Concerning Altars. B. C. 1491. 22 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Thus thou sh...
Exodus 20:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He seems to mean the steps of ladders, or others of the same nature, which could suddenly be made, and were proper for their present condition, where there was danger of the following inconvenience....
Exodus 20:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Instruction Concerning Future Worship ( Exodus 20:22-26 ). In view of their fears, and the commands that He has given in Exodus 20:3-5 , Yahweh now makes provision for their worship. The...
Exodus 20:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:23 . Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither, &c.] We prefer the Massoretic punctuation of this verse, which reveals a delicate appreciation of the meanin...
Exodus 20:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:1 . God spake all these words. In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation...
Exodus 20:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT , ( Exodus 20:1-2 . Exodus 20:22 , to Exodus 22:1-2 . Exodus 22:23 Exodus 22:23 ). The Decalogue is followed by a series of laws, civil, social,...
Exodus 20:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Precept Concerning the Altar
Exodus 20:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

thy nakedness Leviticus 10:3 Psalms 89:7 Ecclesiastes 5:1 Hebrews 12:28 Hebrews 12:29 1 Peter 1:16
Exodus 20:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Neither shall thou go at by steps unto mine altar — Indeed afterwards God appointed an altar ten cubits high. But it is probable, they went not up to that by steps, but by a sloping ascent.

Exodus 20:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 20:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 20:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes