Joshua 5:15

Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, add: What saith my lord to his servant?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come.

16Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Josue did as was commanded him.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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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