V. Coat Exchange (3rd Step)

Coats are exchanged by the representatives.

A. Meaning

The coat is or contains the symbols of all the authority of family, tribe, or individual. (Ex: Today's military dress uniform—from the coat, one can discern authority and position)

B. Torah

Joseph's coat of many colors—not just a pretty coat, but a symbol of Israel's intention to bestow the inheritance on Joseph:

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he {was} the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of {many} colors. (Gen 37:3)

C. Khetuvim

The coat exchange between Jonathan and David:

Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan took off the robe that {was} on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt. (1Sam 18:1-4)

The mantle passed from Elijah to Elisha:

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who {was} plowing {with} twelve yoke {of oxen} before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. (1Kgs 19:19)

D. B'rit HaChadashah

As a result of entering a covenant relationship with the Holy One, blessed be He, we shall be clothed with His righteousness:

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, {that} the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. (Rev 3:18)