SHOES
SHOES
- Early use of # Ge 14:23
- Called sandals # Mr 6:9 Ac 12:8
- Soles of, sometimes plated with brass or iron # De 33:25
- Bound round the feet with latchets or strings # Joh 1:27 Ac 12:8
- OF LADIES OF DISTINCTION 5a) Often made of badgers’ skins
# Eze 16:10
5b) Often highly ornamental # So 7:1 5c) Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments # Isa 3:18 6) Loosing of, for another a degrading office # Mr 1:17 Joh 1:27 7) Bearing, for another a degrading office, only performed by slaves # Mt 3:11 8) THE JEWS 8a) Put on, before beginning a journey # Ex 12:11 8b) Never wore, in mourning # 2Sa 15:30 Isa 20:2,3 Eze 24:17,23 8c) Put off, when they entered sacred places # Ex 3:5 Jos 5:15 9) Worn out by a long journey # Jos 9:5,13 10) Of Israel preserved for forty years, while journeying in the wilderness # De 29:5 11) Often given as bribes # Am 2:6 8:6 12) CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH 12a) A man who refused to marry a deceased brother’s wife disgraced by pulling off his shoes # De 25:9,10 12b) The right of redemption resigned by a man’s giving one of his shoes to the next of kin # Ru 4:7,8 13) The Apostles prohibited from taking for their journey more, than the pair they had on # Mt 10:10 Mr 6:9 Lu 10:4 14) ILLUSTRATIVE 14a) Of the preparation of the gospel # Eph 6:15 14b) Of the beauty conferred on saints # So 7:1 Lu 15:22 14c) (Having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter # 1Ki 2:5 14d) (Taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition # Isa 47:2 Jer 2:25 14e) (Thrown over a place,) of subjection # Ps 60:8 108:9