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42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come
in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy p l a c e ; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus-29
The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,
to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
2 and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil,
and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the
basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,
and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
6 and thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown
upon the mitre.
Here is, I The law concerning the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priest's office, which was to be done with a great deal of ceremony and solemnity, that they themselves might be duly affected with the greatness of the work to which they were called, and that the people also might learn to magnify the office and none might dare to invade it.
1 The ceremonies wherewith it was to be done were very fully and particularly appointed, because nothing of this kind