Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 28:1
1. Take thou unto thee Aaron Or, Bring thou Aaron thy brother near to thee . Moses, as the divinely chosen minister and mediator between Jehovah and the people, is the proper person to formally institute a new law and order of priestly ministrations . Nadab and Abihu have been already mentioned, (Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9,) and in Leviticus 10:1-2, we read of their sudden destruction for offering “strange fire before Jehovah . ” The four sons of Aaron are mentioned in the genealogy of... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 28:1
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.Aaron and his sons — Hitherto every master of a family was priest to his own family. But now 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... read more