Exodus 28:1
Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
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2And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.
Cross References
Exodus 6:23And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Exodus 24:9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
Exodus 29:1This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,
Exodus 29:44I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
Exodus 31:10And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,
Leviticus 7:35This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;
Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:1
Orders being given for the fitting up of the place of worship, in this and the following chapter care is taken about the priests that were to minister in this holy place, as the menial servants of the God of Israel. He hired servants, as a token of his purpose to reside among them. In this chapter, I. He pitches upon the persons who should be his servants, ver. 1 . II. He appoints their livery; their work was holy, and so must their garments be, and unanswerable to the glory of the house which was now to be… Read the whole commentary →