And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose 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.
Now Jericho was straitly 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.