Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh. The linen undergarments are the practical modesty provision — covering the priest from waist to thigh as he ministers at the altar. The prohibition on ascending the altar on steps in Exodus 20:26 has the same motivation: preventing inadvertent exposure in the act of worship. The undergarments ensure that the dignity of the priestly office extends even to the most private aspects of the priest's physicality. The body matters in priestly service — not only the visible garments that declare dignity and honor but the private garments that preserve modesty in the act of approaching God.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse