He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
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Gill's Exposition
He shall put on the holy linen coat,.... Which he wore in common with other priests:
and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh; upon those parts of his body which are more secret, and less…
Barnes' Notes
The high priest when he changed his dress on this day was required to bathe himself. In his “golden garments” he had, on this day, and for the previous week, to offer the regular daily sacrifices, and…
Adam Clarke
He shall put on the holy linen coat - He was not to dress in his pontifical garments, but in the simple sacerdotal vestments, or those of the Levites, because it was a day of humiliation; and as he…
Here is, I. The date of this law concerning the day of atonement: it was after the death of the two sons of Aaron (Lev 16:1), which we read, Lev 10:1. 1. Lest Aaron should fear that any remaining…
Cambridge Bible
The linen garments here mentioned are the garments described in Exo 28:39-43. Cp. Lev 16:23-24.
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