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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

• Often made of badgers' skins
• —Eze 16:10
• Often highly ornamental
• —So 7:1
• Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments
• —Isa 3:18

Loosing of, for another a degrading office—Mr 1:17; Joh 1:27

Bearing, for another a degrading office, only performed by slaves—Mt 3:11

THE JEWS

• Put on, before beginning a journey
• —Ex 12:11
• Never wore, in mourning
• —2Sa 15:30; Isa 20:2,3; Eze 24:17,23
• Put off, when they entered sacred places
• —Ex 3:5; Jos 5:15

Worn out by a long journey—Jos 9:5,13

Of Israel preserved for forty years, while journeying in the wilderness—De 29:5

Often given as bribes—Am 2:6; 8:6

CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH

• A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife
• disgraced by pulling off his shoes—De 25:9,10
• The right of redemption resigned by a man's giving one of
• his shoes to the next of kin—Ru 4:7,8

The Apostles prohibited from taking for their journey more, than the pair they had on—Mt 10:10; Mr 6:9; Lu 10:4

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the preparation of the gospel
• —Eph 6:15
• Of the beauty conferred on saints
• —So 7:1; Lu 15:22
• (Having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter
• —1Ki 2:5
• (Taken off,) of an ignominious and servile condition
• —Isa 47:2; Jer 2:25
• (Thrown over a place,) of subjection
• —Ps 60:8; 108:9