Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants. The requirement to wear the undergarments — the most modest of all the priestly garments — is a lasting ordinance. The consequence of neglecting any element of the priestly vestment is the same: guilt and death. The God who specified every element of the tabernacle's construction specifies every element of the priestly vestment because both the sanctuary and its servants represent Him. The completeness of the priestly clothing is the completeness of covenant representation: there is no partial priest, no abbreviated holiness, no shortcuts in the service of the holy God.

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