diff --git a/exo/20/24.md b/exo/20/24.md
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--- a/exo/20/24.md
+++ b/exo/20/24.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ an altar made of materials from the ground, such as stone, soil, or clay
 
 Here "name" is a metonym for God's being. This can be stated in active form. AT: "choose for you to honor me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# You must not go up by steps to my altar
+# You must not go up to my altar on steps
 
-"Do not make an altar that has steps"
+"Do not build steps up to the altar and go up to it on those steps"
 
 # your nakedness