2 Samuel 6:14

Verse 14. Ephod which ordinarily was the habit of priests. But no law restrained others from using it, ( Calmet.) particularly on sacred occasions; as we often see laics in a surplice, when they have to sing Church music, and so forth Menochius.—David had also on a cloak of byssus; (Paral.) and still Michol speaks as if he had been uncovered; because in this solemn ceremony, he was inspired to divest himself of his royal robes, and to act with a degree of enthusiasm; ( Bible.) which would not have been otherwise becoming in a king. David is considered by some of the fathers as a figure of the priests of the new law; as he ate the loaves of proposition, was dressed like priests, and so forth Sacerdos scitus erat David. 1 Iræn. iv. Saint Ambrose v. in Luc. vi. Calmet.