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Jos 5:15 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Loose		Exd 3:5; Act 7:32,33; 2Pe 1:18
And Joshua		Many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this extraordinary appearance of the angel to Joshua, because they supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter; whereas it is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is a mere parenthesis, simply relating to the state of Jericho at the time when Joshua was favoured with this encouraging vision; by which he was shewn that their help came from God alone, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the LORD of hosts they were to obtain the victory.

Correlating Passages

Loose

	Exd 3:5	And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.
	Act 7:32	[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
	Act 7:33	Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
	2Pe 1:18	And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 5:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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