The Commander of the Lord's Army
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When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, c a man was standing before him d with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
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And he said, "No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come." And Joshua e fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"
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And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, f "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
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Cross References
Genesis 18:2
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth
Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
Acts 1:10
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes.
Exodus 23:20
Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
Exodus 23:23
When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out.
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Cross References
Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
Numbers 22:31
Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him.
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Cross References
Exodus 3:5
Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.
Acts 7:33
Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.