Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
This command belongs to the instruction and law that God gave to Israel through Moses at Sinai. It directed the priests officiating before God not to go up to His altar by steps, so that no part of the person would be exposed. By that detail it required strict care over the person in divine service, calling for modesty, cleanliness, purity, and reverence in approaching God, with every such detail receiving the most careful attention.
Within that body of law, it stands among the directions that guide people's dealings with one another and guard against injustice. The law to which it belongs was given to reveal God's will and the principles of His government. That law serves as an unchangeable standard of right conduct.
As part of that law, the verse belongs to the standard of righteousness by which people are judged, obedience to God's perfect law being a condition of salvation, and its principles determining the sentence of life or death. The law of which it is a part endures forever despite attempts to oppose it. It belongs to the law that the books were intended to vindicate and magnify.
This command belongs to the instruction and law that God gave to Israel through Moses at Sinai. It directed the priests officiating before God not to go up to His altar by steps, so that no part of the person would be exposed. By that detail it required strict care over the person in divine service, calling for modesty, cleanliness, purity, and reverence in approaching God, with every such detail receiving the most careful attention.
Within that body of law, it stands among the directions that guide people's dealings with one another and guard against injustice. The law to which it belongs was given to reveal God's will and the principles of His government. That law serves as an unchangeable standard of right conduct.
As part of that law, the verse belongs to the standard of righteousness by which people are judged, obedience to God's perfect law being a condition of salvation, and its principles determining the sentence of life or death. The law of which it is a part endures forever despite attempts to oppose it. It belongs to the law that the books were intended to vindicate and magnify.