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Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:41

And thou shall put them on Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him ,.... And this putting on of their garments by Moses, under the authority of God, was a solemn investiture of them with the priestly office also; for from henceforward they had a right to exercise it, having those garments on, without which they were never to officiate: and shall anoint them ; with the anointing oil, of which afterwards a particular account is given, and how to be made, and for what use, Exodus 30:22 ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:42

And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness ,.... Or "the flesh of nakedness" F17 בשר ערוה "carnem nuditatis", Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius; "carnem nudam", Junius & Tremellius; "carnem verendorum", Tigurine version; "carnem pudendorum", Piscator. , that part of the body which ought not to be naked and exposed to view, and which, when it is, causes shame and ridicule; what part is designed is easily gathered from the next clause; great care was taken, in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:43

And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons ,.... Not the linen breeches only, but all the other garments: when they come into the tabernacle of the congregation ; even into that part of it where the people assembled, the court of the tabernacle, and where stood the altar of burnt offering, on which they offered the sacrifices of the people, but never without the priestly garments on: or when they came near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; at the altar of incense... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:40

For glory and for beauty - See Clarke's note on Exodus 28:2 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:42

Linen breeches - This command had in view the necessity of purity and decency in every part of the Divine worship, in opposition to the shocking indecency of the pagan worship in general, in which the priests often ministered naked, as in the sacrifices to Bacchus, etc. On the garments of the high priest some general reflections have already been made; see Exodus 28:2 ; (note): and to what is there said it may be just necessary to add, that there can be no doubt of their being all... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:40

Verse 40 40.And for Aaron’s sons. The sons of Aaron also are separated not only from the body of the people, but likewise from the Levites; for a peculiar dignity was attached to that family, from whom his successor was afterwards to be taken. (170) And since no single individual was able to perform all their offices, they were distributed amongst them. Hence it was that they were adorned with the coat, the girdle, and the bonnet, “for glory and for beauty.” We shall see as to their anointing... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:42

Verse 42 42.And thou shalt make them linen breeches. Since men, in their natural levity and frowardness, lay hold of the very slightest causes of offense to the disparagement of holy things, and so religion easily sinks into contempt, God here, as a precaution against such a danger, delivers a precept respecting an apparently trivial matter, viz., that the priests should cover their nakedness with breeches. The sum is, that they should conduct themselves chastely and modestly, lest, if anything... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 28:40

For Aaron's sons . His actual sons at this time—his descendants afterwards, to whom the priesthood was rigidly confined. Thou shalt make coats . The verb is different from that used in Exodus 28:39 , and seems to imply that the priests' tunics were not to be patterned. Girdles . It has generally been supposed that these were of the same material and workmanship as the high priest's; but this is nowhere stated. In Exodus 39:29 , the high priest's girdle alone is spoken of. Bonnets .... read more

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