John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:40
And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats ,.... Of fine linen, of woven work, as in Exodus 39:27 , these were different from the broidered coat of the high priest, and the blue robe of the ephod: and thou shall make for them girdles ; linen ones, to gird up their linen coats, which were long, that they might the more expeditiously perform their service; and which is an instruction to all the priests of the Lord, true believers in Christ, to be ready, forward, and diligent in the work... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:40-43
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 difference in shape between their bonnets and his mitre. Theirs, as his, were to be for glory and beauty (Exod. 28:40), that they might look great in their ministration: yet all this glory was nothing compared with the glory of grace, this beauty nothing to the beauty of holiness, of which these... read more