“And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.”
Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. He thus consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments. The combined sprinkling of anointing oil and altar blood on the priests and their vestments is the final act of consecration. The oil that consecrates and the blood that atones together mark both the persons and the garments they wear. The priests and their vestments are equally consecrated: what the priest wears is as holy as the priest who wears it. The garments that give dignity and honor cannot be separated from the persons who wear them — both are consecrated by the same combined sprinkling.
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