King James Version
Joshua 5:15 in the King James Version says “And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou stande...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Joshua 5:15 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? captain: or, prince
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“host”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“of the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thy shoe”
H5275properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“from off thy foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for the place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“whereon thou standest”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
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