Plaut reported that the priestly garments enumerated in are the direct antecedents of those used today in the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches, whose priests - and especially bishops - wear similar robes when officiating.
Noting that amid the description of the "glorious" priestly garments in is the warning in that Aaron might die, Professor Walter Brueggemann, formerly of Columbia Theological Seminary, wondered whether the text intends to convey the irony that one so well appointed was under threat of death.