Éxodo 28:42

42 Les harás calzoncillos de lino para cubrir su desnudez; llegarán desde los lomos hasta los muslos.

Éxodo 28:42 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:42

And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their
nakedness
Or "the flesh of nakedness" ^F17, that part of the body which ought not to be naked and exposed to view, and which, when it is, causes shame and ridicule; what part is designed is easily gathered from the next clause; great care was taken, in the service of God's house, to preserve decency, prevent immodesty, and to guard against laughter and levity, and the like care should be always taken, (See Gill on Exodus 28:2),

from the loins even unto the thigh they shall reach;
they were to reach above the navel near the heart, and to the end of the thigh, which is the knee, as Maimonides says ^F18; who also observes, that they had strings, but had no opening before or behind, but were drawn up round like a purse; they were a sort of drawers, and somewhat like our sailors' trousers.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (hwre rvb) "carnem nuditatis", Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius; "carnem nudam", Junius & Tremellius; "carnem verendorum", Tigurine version; "carnem pudendorum", Piscator.
F18 Cele Hamikdash, c. 8. sect. 18.

Éxodo 28:42 In-Context

40 Para los hijos de Aarón harás túnicas, también les harás cinturones, y les harás mitras, para gloria y hermosura.

41 Y vestirás con ellos a tu hermano Aarón y a sus hijos con él; y los ungirás y ordenarás y consagrarás para que me sirvan como sacerdotes.

42 Les harás calzoncillos de lino para cubrir su desnudez; llegarán desde los lomos hasta los muslos.

43 Y los llevarán puestos Aarón y sus hijos cuando entren en la tienda de reunión, o cuando se acerquen al altar para ministrar en el lugar santo, para que no incurran en culpa y mueran. Será estatuto perpetuo para él y para su descendencia después de él.