16:32 “The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father 1 is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,
16:23 “Aaron must then enter 2 the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there.
8:30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
1 tn Heb “And the priest whom he shall anointed him and whom he shall fill his hand to act as priest under his father.” Imperfect active verbs are often used as passives (see, e.g., v. 27 above and the note on Lev 14:4).
2 tn Heb “And Aaron shall enter.”
3 sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). It covered the upper body only. For detailed remarks on the terminology for the priestly clothing in this verse (except the “linen leggings”) see the notes on Lev 8:7-9 and the literature cited there.
4 tn Heb “shall be on his flesh.” As in many instances in Lev 15, the term “flesh” or “body” here is euphemistic for the male genitals (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1017, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 222; cf. the note on Lev 15:2), which the priest must be careful not to expose during such ritual procedures (see Exod 20:26 with 28:42-43).
5 sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).
6 tn Heb “and in a turban of linen he shall wrap.”
7 tn Heb “and he shall bathe….”