Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. The dressing of Aaron's sons is simpler than their father's: tunics, sashes, and headbands — three garments rather than six. The simpler vestment of the priests reflects their lower level of access in the sanctuary: Aaron alone enters the Most Holy Place; his sons serve in the Holy Place and the courtyard. The gradation of vestment mirrors the gradation of access. The sons are fully dressed for their office — the three garments they receive give them dignity and honor — but the fullness of priestly investiture belongs to the high priest who alone wears the breastpiece, the ephod, and the holy to the Lord plate.

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