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.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, 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.