The Holy Land and the Bible; . .^ The veil,in fact, seems to have been worn only as an occasional ornament, as 1 Matt. -1 John xxi. 7. 3 Mark vi. 8 (Greek). 4 2 Kings i. 8: Matt, ; Jer. xiii. 1-5 Ueut. 10,11. 0 Josh. ix. 3, 27. 7 Ps. Ivi. 8. 8 Gen. xii. 14; xxiv. 16; xxix. 10; ISani. i. 12- Put thy shoes from off thy feet, foi- the placewhereon tliou staiidest is holy j^round. — Ex. And I liuve led you forty years in the wilder-ness : 3-our clothes are not waxen old upon you,and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.—Dent. xxix. 5. How beautiful are thy feet with sh
The Holy Land and the Bible; . .^ The veil,in fact, seems to have been worn only as an occasional ornament, as 1 Matt. -1 John xxi. 7. 3 Mark vi. 8 (Greek). 4 2 Kings i. 8: Matt, ; Jer. xiii. 1-5 Ueut. 10,11. 0 Josh. ix. 3, 27. 7 Ps. Ivi. 8. 8 Gen. xii. 14; xxiv. 16; xxix. 10; ISani. i. 12- Put thy shoes from off thy feet, foi- the placewhereon tliou staiidest is holy j^round. — Ex. And I liuve led you forty years in the wilder-ness : 3-our clothes are not waxen old upon you,and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.—Dent. xxix. 5. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, Oprinces daughter !—Cant. vii. 1. None sluiU be weary nor stumble among them;none shall slumber nor sleep; neitlier shall tliegirdle of their bins be loosed, nor the latchet oftheir shoes be broken.—Isa. v. 27. Thus saith the Lord ; for three transgressionsof Israel, and for four, I will not turn away tliepunishment thereof ; because they sold therighteous for silver, and the poor for a pair ofshoes.—Amos ii. SHOEMA IN JERUSALEM. (See page 103.) XXII.] JERUSALEM. 309 when the loved one, in Canticles, is said to have behind her veil eyeslike doves eyes, and temjiles delicate in tint as the pomegranate;^ orby betrothed maidens before their future husbands, as Kebekah tooka veil and covered herself before Isaac met her;^ or when concealmentof the features was specially desired for questionable ends.^ A natural and earnest wish of a poor girl of Jerusalem is to be ableto hang a line of coins along her brow and down her cheeks, as is com-mon elsewhere, for she sees rich women round her with a great displayof such adornment on their hair, and notices that even the children ofthe wealthy have numbers of small gold coins tied to the numerousplaits which hang down their shoulders; indeed, some children havetliem tied round tl)eir ankles also. The double veil, falling both beforeand behind, is not so frequent as in Egypt, but it would appear to havebeen more
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