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 sprinkle all your raiments and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood."
And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey.
And it fortuned that he tarried many days in Joppa, with one Simon, a tanner.
He lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. He shall tell thee, what thou oughtest to do."
Send therefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, which is also called Peter. He is lodged in the house of one Simon, a tanner, by the seaside: the which as soon as he is come, shall speak unto thee.'
were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation,
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 said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a beast's skin about his loins. And he did eat locusts and wild honey,
And it fortuned that he tarried many days in Joppa, with one Simon, a tanner.
He lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. He shall tell thee, what thou oughtest to do."
Send therefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, which is also called Peter. He is lodged in the house of one Simon, a tanner, by the seaside: the which as soon as he is come, 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 whatsoever any of the dead carcasses of them fall upon, shall be unclean: whatsoever vessel of wood it be, or raiment, or skin, or bag or whatsoever thing it be that any work is wrought with all. And they shall be plunged in the water and be unclean until the even, and then they shall be clean again.
yea and whether it be in the warp or woof of the linen or of the woolen: either in a skin or any thing made of skin,
And sprinkle all your raiments and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood."
And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey.