Éxodo 28:42

42 »Hazles también calzoncillos de lino que les cubran el cuerpo desde la cintura hasta el muslo.

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 A los hijos de Aarón les harás túnicas, cinturones y mitras, para conferirles honra y dignidad.

41 Una vez que hayas vestido a tu hermano Aarón y a sus hijos, los ungirás para conferirles autoridad y consagrarlos como mis sacerdotes.

42 »Hazles también calzoncillos de lino que les cubran el cuerpo desde la cintura hasta el muslo.

43 Aarón y sus hijos deberán ponérselos siempre que entren en la Tienda de reunión, o cuando se acerquen al altar para ejercer su ministerio en el Lugar Santo, a fin de que no incurran en pecado y mueran. Esta es una ley perpetua para Aarón y sus descendientes.