To put off the shoes from one’s feet, was an act of reverence to
the Divine majesty of God, Exod. iii, 5. It was likewise a sign of
mourning and humiliation. David went up the ascent of Mount Olivet
barefoot, 2 Sam. xv, 30; Isa. xx, 2, 4; Ezek. xxiv, 17. See SANDAL.
the Divine majesty of God, Exod. iii, 5. It was likewise a sign of
mourning and humiliation. David went up the ascent of Mount Olivet
barefoot, 2 Sam. xv, 30; Isa. xx, 2, 4; Ezek. xxiv, 17. See SANDAL.