Joshua 5:15

Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

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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 responded: “Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived.”

16He said: “Remove your shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy.” And Joshua did just as he had been commanded.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said: “Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground.”

2 Peter 1:18We also heard this voice conveyed from heaven, 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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