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Ramban on Exodus 39:27/רמב"ן על שמות ל״ט:כ״ז
אוַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת הַכָּתְנֹת שֵׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה אֹרֵג לְאַהֲרֹן וּלְבָנָיו נִרְאֶה מִכָּאן שֶׁהָיוּ הַכֻּתֳּנוֹת שָׁווֹת בָּאָב וּבַבָּנִים אע"פ שֶׁאָמַר בְּאַהֲרֹן "וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ הַכְּתֹנֶת שֵׁשׁ" (שמות כ"ח:ל"ט) וּבְבָנָיו אָמַר סְתָם "תַּעֲשֶׂה כֻּתֳּנוֹת" (שם מ), כִּי הַכַּוָּנָה תַּעֲשֶׂה כֻּתֳּנוֹת כְּמוֹ הַנִּזְכֶּרֶת, וְכֵן כָּתוּב (שם ד) "חֹשֶׁן וְאֵפוֹד וּמְעִיל וּכְתֹנֶת תַּשְׁבֵּץ מִצְנֶפֶת וְאַבְנֵט וְעָשׂוּ בִגְדֵי קֹדֶשׁ לְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וּלְבָנָיו לְכַהֲנוֹ לִי", כִּי "לְאַהֲרֹן" "וּלְבָנָיו" יַחְזְרוּ אֶל כְּתֹנֶת תַּשְׁבֵּץ מִצְנֶפֶת וְאַבְנֵט כִּי הֵם שָׁוִים בְּכֻלָּם. וְכֵן מַה שֶׁאָמַר כָּאן (שמות ל"ט:כ"ח) "וְאֵת הַמִּצְנֶפֶת שֵׁשׁ וְאֶת פַּאֲרֵי הַמִּגְבָּעֹת" כָּלַל אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו, כִּי הַמִּצְנֶפֶת וְהַמִּגְבָּעוֹת אֶחָד הֵם בַּמַּעֲשֶׂה, אֶלָּא שֶׁאַהֲרֹן יִצְנֹף אוֹתָהּ, וּבָנָיו יַחְבְּשׁוּ בָּהֶן רֹאשָׁם כַּאֲשֶׁר פֵּרַשְׁתִּי (לעיל כח לא, לז):
1AND THEY MADE THE TUNICS OF FINE LINEN OF WOVEN WORK FOR AARON, AND FOR HIS SONS. It appears from here that the tunics were identical for father [Aaron] and sons. For even though in the case of the tunic made for Aaron it says, And thou shalt make the tunic of chequer-work from fine linen,22 and in speaking of those made for his sons it just says, thou shalt make tunics23, Verse 40. [without specifying that they should be of chequer-work], the intention is: “thou shalt make tunics similar to the one mentioned.” And thus it is written, a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of chequer-work, a mitre, and a belt; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that they may minister unto Me,24, Verse 4. for the expression for Aaron… and his sons refers back to the tunic of chequer-work, the mitre and the belt, which were alike for all of them. Similarly, that which Scripture says here, and the mitre of fine linen, and the beautiful head-tires, refers to those of both Aaron and his sons, since the mitznepheth (mitre) and the migba’ath (the head-tire) were made in the same way, except that Aaron wound it [around his head, fold upon fold], and his sons set them upon their heads tightly, as I have explained.25, Verse 31 (towards the end) and Verse 37.