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The Ark Passes Over the Jordan, James Tissot

Joshua 5:13

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Joshua 5:13 (WEB)

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?”

Fathers and councils · 6

Eusebius of Caesarea

  • “And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and said unto him, Lord, what dost thou command thy servant? and the captain of the Lord said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy.”” — editor's note: Josh. v. 13–15

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  • “…idols, and causing every beast in the form of man and every kind of savage to assault us—then, indeed, the ‘Angel of the great Council,’ the great Captain of God after the mightiest soldiers of his kingdom had displayed sufficient exercise through patience and endurance in everything, suddenly appeared anew, and…” — editor's note: μέγας ἀρχιστρ€τηγος; cf. Josh. v. 13.

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Justin Martyr

Ambrose of Milan

Athanasius of Alexandria

Cyprian of Carthage

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Parallel passages

  • Joshua 5:13 and 2 Samuel 18:24 share the same wording (10 words).

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  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

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