Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:1-43
THE HOLY GARMENTS OF THE PRIESTS, Exodus 28:1-43. The institution of the Aaronic priesthood and the ceremonials of their induction into office, their dress, and the duties of their office, are explicitly referred in this and following chapters to the time of Moses. The theory which maintains the post-exilian origin of this “priest code” is obliged to treat this entire narrative as unhistorical, and has gone to the extreme of teaching that the structure and cultus of the Mosaic tabernacle must... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.It shall be a statute for ever — That is, It is to continue as long as the priesthood continues. And it is to have its perpetuity in the substance, of which these things were the shadows. read more