Matt.3.4

Matthew 3:4

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And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

The Mission of John the Baptist

Cross References

Leviticus 11:22

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Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Clean and Unclean Animals

Avoid the Unclean

1 Samuel 14:26

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And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

Jonathan Eats the Honey

Saul’s Foolish Order

2 Kings 1:8

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And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Elijah Denounces Ahaziah

Isaiah 20:2

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At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

A Sign against Egypt and Cush

Zechariah 13:4

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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

An End to Idolatry

False Prophets Ashamed

Matthew 11:8

KJVJesus

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

Jesus Testifies about John

Matthew 11:18

KJVJesus

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

Jesus Testifies about John

Mark 1:6

KJV

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

The Mission of John the Baptist

Cross References

Clean and Unclean Animals

Avoid the Unclean

Jonathan Eats the Honey

Saul’s Foolish Order

Elijah Denounces Ahaziah

A Sign against Egypt and Cush

An End to Idolatry

False Prophets Ashamed

Jesus Testifies about John

Jesus Testifies about John

The Mission of John the Baptist

Preaching of John the Baptist