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And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

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Bible References

His raiment

Matthew 11:8
What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!
2 Kings 1:8
They replied, "He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist." The king said, "He is Elijah the Tishbite."
Zechariah 13:4
"Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.
Malachi 4:5
Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.
Mark 1:6
John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
Luke 1:17
And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
Revelation 11:3
And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.

And his

Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'
Leviticus 11:22
These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind.

Wild

Deuteronomy 32:13
He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,
1 Samuel 14:25
Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

General references

Leviticus 11:22
These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind.
Luke 1:16
He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

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