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. -- Song 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. -- Song 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.