John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:1
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him ,.... Moses is bid to fetch or send for Aaron and his sons to him: or "cause" them to "draw near" F14 הקרב "appropinquare fac", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. to him, and stand before him, that he might in the name of the Lord, and by his authority, distinguish and separate them from among the children of Israel : and before them all invest them with the office of priesthood, as it follows: that they may minister... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:1-5
We have here, I. The priests nominated: Aaron and his sons, Exod. 28:1. Hitherto every master of a family was priest to his own family, and offered, as he saw cause, upon altars of earth; but now that the families of Israel began to be incorporated into a nation, and a tabernacle of the congregation was to be erected, as a visible centre of their unity, it was requisite there should be a public priesthood instituted. Moses, who had hitherto officiated, and is therefore reckoned among the... read more