Joshua 5:13–6:5
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a manm standing in front of him with a drawn swordn 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 facedowno to the groundp in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lorde 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.”q And Joshua did so.
6 Now the gates of Jerichor were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivereds Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ hornst in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.u 5 When you hear them sound a long blastv on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout;w then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”