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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And every garment and every vessel of skin, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel of wood, ye shall purify.
And they will say to him, A man possessing hair, girded with a girdle of skin upon his loins. And he will say, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And days sufficient he remained in Joppa with a certain Simon, a currier.
He is received as guest with a certain Simon a currier, to whom is a house by the sea: he shall speak to thee what thou must do.
Therefore send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he is received as guest in the house of Simon the currier by the sea: who, being present, shall speak to thee.
They were stoned, they were cut by sawing, they were tried, they died by the slaughter of the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being in want, pressed, treated ill;
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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 will say to him, A man possessing hair, girded with a girdle of skin upon his loins. And he will say, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was dressed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and eating locusts and wild honey;
And days sufficient he remained in Joppa with a certain Simon, a currier.
He is received as guest with a certain Simon a currier, to whom is a house by the sea: he shall speak to thee what thou must do.
Therefore send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he is received as guest in the house of Simon the currier by the sea: who, being present, shall speak to 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 all which shall fall from them upon it in their dying, shall be unclean; from all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel which work shall be done in them, into water shall it go, and be unclean till the evening: and it shall be clean.
Or in the warp, or in the woof, to the linen or to the wool: or in the skin, or in any work of skin:
And every garment and every vessel of skin, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel of wood, ye shall purify.
And they will say to him, A man possessing hair, girded with a girdle of skin upon his loins. And he will say, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.