John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:30
And that son that is priest in his stead ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"who shall rise after him of his sons, not of the Levites;'for the high priest was to be of the family of Aaron, a descendant of his; it was not enough that he was of the tribe of Levi, but he must descend from Aaron, either in the line of Eleazar or of Ithamar: shall put them on seven days ; the next successor was to wear the garments seven days running: when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 29:1-37
Here is, I. The law concerning the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priest's office, which was to be done with a great deal of ceremony and solemnity, that they themselves might be duly affected with the greatness of the work to which they were called, and that the people also might learn to magnify the office and none might dare to invade it. 1. The ceremonies wherewith it was to be done were very fully and particularly appointed, because nothing of this kind had been done before,... read more