When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
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Gill's Exposition
When the priests enter therein,.... Into the holy place, these holy chambers, and approach unto God, and eat of the most holy things, and minister therein to the Lord:
then shall they not go out of…
Adam Clarke
They shall lay their garments wherein they minister - The priests were not permitted to wear their roles in the outer court. These vestments were to be used only when they ministered; and when they…
The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square.
I. Here is a…
Cambridge Bible
the priests entertherein] Omit therein. The ref. is not to the holy cells, but to the house or more probably the inner court, in which the altar stood.
go out of the holyplace] probably the whole…
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