“He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.”
He is to put on the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments next to his body; he is to tie the linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are sacred garments; so he must bathe himself with water before he put them on. On the Day of Atonement, the high priest does not wear his regular high priestly garments — the elaborate gold-and-color vestments of Leviticus 8. Instead he wears simple white linen: tunic, undergarments, sash, and turban. The plain white linen communicates the humility and purity required for the Most Holy Place entry. The gold and color of the ordinary high priestly vestments would be inappropriate for the most sacred moment of the year. The high priest enters the divine presence not in his glory but in the simplicity of white linen.
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