The hand-me down clothes of the high priest

Exodus Bible Background

02.02.2015 Old Testament: Exo 29.29–30

To read the Bible in a year, read Exodus 29–30 on February 2, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Some people will not wear that which has been worn by another, but the high priest had no choice,

“And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them. That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place” (Exodus 29.29–30). 

Do you think the son of Aaron who followed him had any trouble in his mind with wearing what his father had worn? I don’t think so. He would have considered it an honor.

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