There they shall lay their garments. — It was apparently the requirement of the law that the priests should wear their official garments only when engaged in priestly duties within the tabernacle; this is not expressly stated in general terms, but it is said that they were to wear them when engaged in such duty (Exodus 28:43), and in some particular cases that they were to put them off when they went out of the tabernacle (Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 16:23). It seems probable, therefore, that Ezekiel here recognises the ancient custom.

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