put off thy shooes] So Joshua 5:15. Acts 7:33. The shooes (being next the earth) are usually most foule, as the foot of such as goe barefoot, and therefore by putting off the shooes, and washing of the feet, is signified the puritie which is required in our approaches to God. See Hebrews 10:22. John 13:10. holy ground] Because of Gods presence &in relation to it, not by any inherent holinesse, whereof the place is not capable, nor any permanent holinesse, when the presence is withdrawne.