⁴ When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, ^(A)God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ⁵ Then He said, “Do not come near here; ^(B)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ⁶ And He said, “^(C)I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” ^(D)Then Moses hid his face, for he was ^(E)afraid to look at God.

¹³ Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, ^(A)a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” ¹⁴ He said, “No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the Lord.” And Joshua ^(B)fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” ¹⁵ And the captain of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “^(C)Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.