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 purify all your clothing, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist; 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 seaside: he shall tell you what you ought 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 seaside: who, when he comes, shall speak unto you.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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 wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a belt of a skin about his waist; and he did eat 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 seaside: he shall tell you what you ought 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 seaside: who, when he comes, shall speak unto you.
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 upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed.
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
And purify all your clothing, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a belt of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.