Exodus 30:19

Verse 19. Feet. The priests went barefoot in the tabernacle. In the Misna we find the same law binds laymen. None were allowed to enter the temple of Diana, in Crete, with shoes on; and the Roman ladies followed the same custom, when they came down to the temple of Vesta. Huc pede matronam nudo descendere vidi. Ovid. Fast. 6. Calmet.—The priest is ordered to put off his shoes on Good Friday, out of respect for Jesus Christ, who suffered on the cross. Bible.