13. When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”
14. He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of the Lord’s army.”Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
15. The prince of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your shoes; for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.