Lexicon :: Strong's G5266 - hypodēma

“that I will not take a thread or sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you can never say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

“Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

“Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,[fn] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD’s Passover.

“then his sister-in-law will go up to him in the sight of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she will declare, ‘This is what is done to a man who will not build up his brother’s house.’

“I led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes and the sandals on your feet did not wear out;

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,

and your strength last as long as you live.

The commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did that.

They wore old, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies. Their entire provision of bread was dry and crumbly.

These wineskins were new when we filled them; but see, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals of ours are worn out from the extremely long journey.”

At an earlier period in Israel, a man removed his sandal and gave it to the other party in order to make any matter legally binding concerning the right of redemption or the exchange of property. This was the method of legally binding a transaction in Israel.

“Here I am. Bring charges against me before the LORD and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?[fn] I will return it to you.”

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.[fn]

“Moab is my washbasin.

I throw my sandal on Edom;

I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

“Moab is my washbasin;

I throw my sandal on Edom.

I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, princess![fn]

The curves of your thighs are like jewelry,

the handiwork of a master.

None of them grows weary or stumbles;

no one slumbers or sleeps.

No belt is loose

and no sandal strap broken.

The LORD will divide[fn][fn] the Gulf of Suez.[fn]

He will wave his hand over the Euphrates

with his mighty wind

and will split it into seven streams,

letting people walk through on foot.

“Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”[fn]

“Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weep but will waste away because of your iniquities and will groan to one another.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

“We can buy the poor with silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals

and even sell the chaff! ”