Shoes · Torrey

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

The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.