And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons,.... Not the linen breeches only, but all the other garments:
when they come into the tabernacle of the congregation; even into that part of it where…
(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to…
Adam Clarke
Linen breeches - This command had in view the necessity of purity and decency in every part of the Divine worship, in opposition to the shocking indecency of the pagan worship in general, in which the…
We have here, 1. Particular orders about the vestments of the inferior priests. They were to have coats, and girdles, and bonnets, of the same materials with those of the high priest; but there was a…
The linen drawers, to be worn by the priests during their ministrations in the Tent of meeting or at the altar. A dictate of reverence and modesty. The layman was forbidden to go up by steps to the…
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