Exo 3:5, 1Ki 8:11-12 | ESV | STEP | Then he said , Do not come near ; take your sandals off your feet , for the place on which you are standing is holy ground .

Exodus 3:5

5 Then he said, “Do not come near; ^atake your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

12 ^bThen Solomon said, “The Lord ^{▼▼Septuagint The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but} has said that he would dwell ^din thick darkness.