“And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.”
'Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor; strip Aaron of his vestments, and put them on his son Eleazar. Then Aaron shall be gathered to his people, there.'' — the ceremonial stripping of priestly garments before death is unique; it becomes the mechanism for succession. The vestments (begadim) embody the office; their transfer from father to son establishes Eleazar as the new high priest. The act occurs on the mountain, in God's presence, establishing the priestly succession as divinely ordained.
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