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He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
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Verse 5. Shoes. Juvenal, sat. 6, takes notice of this custom. Observant ubi festa mero pede sabbata reges. D.—The Ethiopian Christians and the Turks never enter their churches, or mosques, without putting off their shoes. The priests did the like when they entered the temple of Jerusalem, and God ordered them moreover to wash their feet and hands. Exodus 30:19. Calmet.—We observe the same ceremony, out of respect for Jesus Christ, when we go to kiss the cross. Pythagoras said, “Offer sacrifice and adoration barefoot.” Jamblic. 24. On such occasions, we ought to have our hearts disengaged from the world. Bible. See Leviticus 2:15.
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