And the prince of Jehovah’s host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.