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A Sacred Handover
Commentators agree that the physical transfer of the priestly garments from Aaron to his son Eleazar was the divinely ordained ceremony for passing on the office of the high priest. The same hands of Moses that had once invested Aaron, by God's command, now divested him, signifying a solemn and official transfer of authority and ensuring the continuity of the priesthood.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 20:26
18th Century
Theologian
The priestly garments, with which Moses had invested Aaron (Leviticus 8:7–9), were put upon Eleazar as a solemn transfer of Aaron’s off…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 20:26
19th Century
Bishop
And strip Aaron of his garments.— Thus the same hands that had invested Aaron with the sacred garments were employed in d…
John Gill
On Numbers 20:26
17th Century
Pastor
And strip Aaron of his garments
His priestly garments, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi:
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 20:22–29
17th Century
Minister
God commands Aaron to prepare to die. There is something of displeasure in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, because he had failed in his …