Joshua 5:15

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Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, "What does my lord say to his servant?"

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And he said: "Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground."

Now Jericho was closed as well as fortified, out of fear of the sons of Israel, and no one dared to depart or to enter.

We also heard this voice conveyed from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.