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 clothing, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man and was bound with a girdle of leather around his loins. And he said, He is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
And it was many days that he remained in Joppa, with one Simon, a tanner.
He is staying with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. He will tell you what you must do.
Therefore send to Joppa and call here Simon whose last name is Peter, he is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner by the seaside; who, when he comes, shall speak to you.
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, 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 was bound with a girdle of leather around his loins. And he said, He is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather girdle about his loin. And he ate locusts and wild honey.
And it was many days that he remained in Joppa, with one Simon, a tanner.
He is staying with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. He will tell you what you must do.
Therefore send to Joppa and call here Simon whose last name is Peter, he is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner by the seaside; who, when he comes, shall speak to 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 whatever shall fall on any of them when they are dead, shall be unclean, whether any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack; whatever vessel in which work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean to the evening. So it shall be cleaned.
or in the warp or in the woof, of linen or of wool, or in a skin or in anything of skin,
And purify all clothing, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
And they answered him, He was a hairy man and was bound with a girdle of leather around his loins. And he said, He is Elijah the Tishbite.
And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.