5:10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho. 5 5:11 They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain. 6 5:12 The manna stopped appearing the day they ate 7 some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. 8
5:13 When Joshua was near 9 Jericho, 10 he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. 11 Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?” 12 5:14 He answered, 13 “Truly I am the commander of the Lord’s army. 14 Now I have arrived!” 15 Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground 16 and asked, “What does my master want to say to his servant?” 5:15 The commander of the Lord’s army answered Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.