And the captain of the LORD'S host said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou standest is holy: and Joshua did so.
And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
Now Jericho was closely 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.