Leviticus 8:7

7. The coat This is the cethoneth, corresponding to the Greek χιτων , a closely-fitting garment in form and use like our shirt, by which term it should be translated. A person wearing this alone was described as naked.

1 Samuel 19:24; Isaiah 20:2; John 21:7.

The girdle The abhnet was an ornamental belt or sash, worn only by priests and state officers. Aaron’s was of fine twilled linen, tricoloured, blue, purple, and scarlet, embroidered with flowers of needlework. Exodus 39:29. It was tied in a knot, so that the ends hung down in front nearly to the feet, and were thrown over the left shoulder in time of sacrifice. The length, according to Maimonides, was thirty-two cubits, and it was wrapped several times round the body, just below the armpits; its breadth was three fingers.

The robe The me’il. This was a cloak worn over the cethoneth, and under the girdle, reaching down to the feet.

The ephod The term is transferred from the Hebrew. This sacred vestment was originally for the high priest, but it was afterwards worn by ordinary priests, (1 Samuel 22:18,) and deemed characteristic of the office. Hosea 3:4. It was divided below the armpits into two parts, one covering the front, to which the breastplate was attached, and the other the back, the two parts being united on the shoulders by clasps of gold or precious stones. It reached down to the middle of the thighs, and was worn over the robe. Much gold was used in making it. Exodus 39:2-21. To make a new style of ephod implied the introduction of a new system of worship.

The curious girdle of the ephod “Curious” is an adjective not found in the original. What is meant is, the band for the two parts of the ephod, which was of the same material and of one piece with it. Exodus 28:8.