Joshua 5:15

And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.

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In The King James Version

And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

In Context

14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 5:14-15

The Captain of the Lord's Host. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And the captain of… Read the whole commentary →

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