“And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:”
The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments. The Day of Atonement's regulations apply not only to Aaron but to every subsequent high priest: the anointed and ordained successor is to perform the same ceremony in the same linen garments. The priestly succession and the Day of Atonement ceremony are connected: each new high priest takes on the responsibility of the annual atonement ceremony as part of the office they inherit. The ceremony outlasts any individual high priest; it is the office's most important annual obligation.
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