Bible Verses About Shoes
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- Parent Category: Bible Reference
- Category: Bible Verses About O-S
- Published on Thursday, 16 April 2009 02:50
- 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
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
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
Illustrative