The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.The prince of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.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.And the prince of Jehovah’s host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
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… What message does my Lord have for his servant? Then the commander of the Lord's army replied, Take off your sandals for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so. Write down the last point today. Faith steps are daily decisions. comes up to the guy with a sword getting ready to conquer Jericho he's like what's up bro you for us are you against us and the commander of the army says neither God sent this commander to remind Joshua, before I deal with what's in front of you, I'm going to deal with what's inside of you. I'm not trying to come to get on your team, but I've come to remind you you're on our team. See, we got to understand that today, the battle is a battle within before it's a battle on the outside. And it's a battle of surrender. And Joshua, before the commander, bowed his face down to the ground and went low. And he said, take off your sandals for the place is holy ground. …
… Joshua had a similar experience with the Lord. In Joshua 5 verses 13 through 15, we read here, And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho that he lifted his eyes and looked and behold, a man stood opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, this is a very wise question given the moment, are you for us or for our adversaries? So he said, no, but as the commander of the army of the Lord, I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, what does my Lord say to his servant? Then the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take your sandal off of your foot, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. And so it's at this point that the Lord makes it clear to Moses who exactly he is speaking to. Moses was speaking to none other than the God of his fathers. …
… say to his servant? The commander of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, remove the sandals from your feet. for the place where you're standing is holy. And Joshua did that. Now Jericho was strongly fortified because of the Israelites. No one was leaving or entering. The Lord said to Joshua, look, I've handed Jericho, its king and its best soldiers over to you. March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days. Then have seven priests carry seven ram's horns, trumpets in front of the ark. but on the seventh day, march around the city seven times and while the priests blow the ram's horns. When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the troops give a mighty shout. Then the city wall will collapse and the troops will advance each man straight ahead. So Joshua, son of Nun, summoned the priests and said to them, take up the Ark of the Covenant and have seven priests carry seven ram's horns in front of the Ark of the Lord. …