7. THE MINISTERIAL ATTIRE OF THE PRIESTS.

(40) For Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coatsi.e., linen tunics like that of the high priest already described (see the last Note on Exodus 28:39), but not woven in any peculiar fashion.

Girdles. — Perhaps similar to the inner girdle of the high priest, but nowhere described particularly.

Bonnets. — Rather, caps. Plain, close-fitting caps, like those so commonly worn in Egypt, seem to be intended. The word used, migbâ’ah, is derived from gâbia’, “a cup” or “basin.”

For glory and for beauty. — It is certainly remarkable that so plain a dress as that of the ordinary priests — a white tunic, a girdle, which may or may not have been embroidered, and a plain white close-fitting cap — should be regarded as sufficing “for glory and for beauty.” White robes, however, are in Scripture constantly represented as eminently glorious (Daniel 7:9; Mark 9:3; John 20:12; Acts 1:10; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 15:6, &c.).

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