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2 Kings 1:8

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8 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.

Commentary

 

Leathern girdle, the, which John the Baptist wore

  

'The leathern girdle' which John the Baptist wore signifies an external band that receives and contains interior things.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 9372)