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“And divest Aharon of his garments and enrobe Elazar his son with them, and Aharon shall be gathered up and die there.” (20:6)

The Ramban mentions the Midrash which states that various miracles occurred in connection with these garments. This is obvious from the apparent unfeasibility of Moshe divesting Aharon’s garments in their proper order. Were not the outer garments over the inner ones? Thus Moshe put Aharon upon the rock and removed his priestly garments, and celestial garments clothed themselves upon him underneath. Thus Elazar upon taking over the mantle of priesthood was able to immeaditly put on the garments in their proper order. What was the urgency for this miracle? Could not Elazar have momentarily waited for Aharon to remove his…

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