New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Shoes

• Early use of Gen. 14:23
• Called sandals Mk. 6:9; Acts 12:8
• Soles of, sometimes plated with brass or iron Dt. 33:25
• Bound round the feet with latchets or strings Jn. 1:27; Acts 12:8
• Of ladies of distinction
  • Often made of badgers' skins Ezek. 16:10
  • Often highly ornamental Song 7:1
  • Probably often adorned with tinkling ornaments Isa. 3:18
• Loosing of, for another a degrading office Mk. 1:7; Jn. 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 2 Sam. 15:30; Isa. 20:2, 3; Ezek. 24:17, 23
  • Put off, when they entered sacred places Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15
• Worn out by a long journey Josh. 9:5, 13
• Of Israel preserved for forty years, while journeying in the wilderness Dt. 29:5
• Often given as bribes Amos 2:6, 8:6
• Customs connected with
  • A man who refused to marry a deceased brother's wife disgraced her by pulling off his shoes Dt. 25:9, 10
  • The right of redemption resigned by a man's giving one of his shoes to the next of kin Ruth 4:7, 8
• The Apostles prohibited from taking for their journey more, than the pair they had on Mt. 10:10; Mk. 6:9; Lk. 10:4
• Illustrative
  • Of the preparation of the gospel Eph. 6:15
  • Of the beauty conferred on saints Song 7:1; Lk. 15:22
  • (Having blood on,) of being engaged in war and slaughter 1 Ki. 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