And the captain of the LORD’S host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe off from your foot; for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
And he said, Do not draw near to here: put off your shoes off of your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
Now Jericho was tightly 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 on the holy mount.