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Reverence in Worship
Commentators like Calvin and Gill explain that this rule was about ensuring modesty and reverence in God's presence. The command aimed to prevent any indecency that could diminish the sanctity of worship or introduce impure thoughts, reinforcing that approaching God requires the utmost respect and purity.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 20:22–26
18th Century
Theologian
Nothing could be more appropriate as the commencement of the book of the covenant than these regulations for public worship. The rules for the buil…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 20:22–26
19th Century
Bishop
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.
In the remainder of Exodus 20:0, and in the three chapters that follow, we have a series of laws …
John Calvin
On Exodus 20:26
16th Century
Theologian
Neither shall you go up. When God had prescribed modesty to the priests in their whole life and in their private actions, it is no wonder …
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John Gill
On Exodus 20:26
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not go up by steps unto mine altar
That is, you priests, the sons of Aaron, as the Targums of Jonathan and …
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 20:22–26
17th Century
Minister
Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spoke in his hearing all that follows from this point to the end of chapter 23, which is mo…