And the captain of the LORD's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place where on you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place where on you stand is holy ground.
Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.