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Joshua 5:13-15
New Catholic Bible
Joshua 5:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 Worship at Jericho.[a] As Joshua drew near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?” 14 He answered, “Neither. I, the commander of the army of the Lord, have now arrived.” Joshua fell to the ground, face first, and worshiped him. He said, “What does my lord bid of his servant?” 15 The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, “Take your shoes off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” Joshua did this.
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- Joshua 5:13 The Bible has preserved only fragments of a mysterious ancient story, inspired perhaps by the story of God’s appearance to Moses in the burning bush (Ex 3) and intended to signify a solemn confirmation of Joshua’s mission as leader of the conquest. He showed his respect and subordination to God by taking off his shoes.
Joshua 5:13-15
New International Version
Joshua 5:13-15
New International Version
The Fall of Jericho
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man(A) standing in front of him with a drawn sword(B) in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown(C) to the ground(D) in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[a] have for his servant?”
15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.”(E) And Joshua did so.
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- Joshua 5:14 Or lord
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