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Joshua 5:13-15
Lexham English Bible

The Commander of Yahweh’s Army Appears Before Joshua

13 And it happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up,[a] and he saw a man standing opposite him[b] with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said, “Are you with us, or with our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “Neither. I have come now as the commander of Yahweh’s army.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and he bowed down[c] and said to him, “What is my lord commanding his servant?” 15 The commander of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals[d] from your feet,[e] for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:13 Literally “he lifted up his eyes”
  2. Joshua 5:13 Literally “against him”
  3. Joshua 5:14 Or “he worshiped”
  4. Joshua 5:15 Hebrew “sandal”
  5. Joshua 5:15 Hebrew “foot”
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