Reference: Leather
Easton
a girdle of, worn by Elijah (2Ki 1:8) and John the Baptist (Mt 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Nu 31:20; Heb 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Ac 9:43; 10:6,32). It was probably learned in Egypt.
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Likewise remove all sin from all your clothing and all that is made of skins and all work of goats' hair and every vessel made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And it came to pass that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side; he shall tell thee what it behooves thee to do.
Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side, who, when he comes, shall speak unto thee.
they were stoned; they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; poor, afflicted, mistreated,
Hastings
Morish
Elijah is described as a "hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather." 2Ki 1:8. The same Hebrew word is many times translated 'skin.' In the N.T. John the Baptist had about his loins a 'leathern girdle,' Mt 3:4; or 'of a skin' as in Mr 1:6. We read of Simon a tanner in Ac 9:43; 10:6,32; and the monuments show that the art of tanning was practised in Egypt, so that without doubt it was also known to the Israelites.
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And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel's hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey
And it came to pass that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side; he shall tell thee what it behooves thee to do.
Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side, who, when he comes, shall speak unto thee.
Smith
Leather.
The notices of leather in the Bible are singularly few; indeed the word occurs but twice in the Authorized Version, and in each instance in reference to the same object, a girdle.
There are, however, other instances in which the word "leather" might with propriety be substituted for "skin."
Though the material itself is seldom noticed, yet we cannot doubt that it was extensively used by the Jews; shoes, bottles, thongs, garments, ropes and other articles were made of it. The art of tanning, however, was held in low esteem by the Jews.
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And everything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it be any vessel of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever instrument with which work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; and thus it shall be cleansed.
whether it is in the warp or woof; of linen or of woolen; whether in a skin or in anything made of skin;
Likewise remove all sin from all your clothing and all that is made of skins and all work of goats' hair and every vessel made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite.
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.