Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Joshua 5:15

Loose thy shoe "Vnlace thi schoo fro thi feet," Wyclif. Comp. Exodus 3:5. It was a mark of reverence to cast off the sandals in approaching a place or person of eminent sanctity.

Continues after advertising

See also Joshua 5:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 5:15. _LOOSE THY SHOE FROM OFF THY FOOT, C._] These were the same words which the angel, on Mount Sinai, spoke to Moses (see Exodus 3:5-2); and from this it seems likely that it was the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. AT GILGAL CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The terrified enemies (Joshua 5:1)_ 2. Circumcision commanded and executed (Joshua 5:2) 3. The Passover kept (Joshua 5:10) 4. The old corn of the land ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 5:13 TO JOSHUA 6:27. THE CAPTURE OF JERICHO. The narrative begins at Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 is an insertion (observe that RV places it in brackets), so that

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 14, 15. _AND HE SAID, NAY; BUT AS CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF THE LORD,_ &C.— "No," replied the Unknown to Joshua, "I am no hostile visitant; I am the chief of the army of the Lord." Joshua, on thes...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Appearance of the Captain of the Lord's Host Joshua 5:13-15_ 13 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ For the place whereon thou standest is holy, х...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RENEWAL OF CIRCUMCISION AND CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER The two incidents recorded in Joshua 5:2;—Circumcision and the Passover—represent the final stage in the preparation of the people for the Holy...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 5 *CIRCUMCISION AND *PASSOVER – JOSHUA 5:1-...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ שַׂר ־צְבָ֨א יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־יְהֹושׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XI. THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST. Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1. THE process of circumcision is over, and the men are well; the feast of unleavened bread has come to an end; all honour has been...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE COMMANDER AND HIS PLAN OF CAMPAIGN Joshua 5:13; Joshua 6:1 When the heart is perfect with God we may count on His presence and help. It is to the separated and obedient servant that the vision of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The effect on the people of this crossing of the Jordan is revealed in the words, "Their heart melted, neither was there any spirit in them any more." Therefore time must again be taken for matters di...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Five events of interest are recorded in Joshua 5:1-15. First, we learn that the kings of the Canaanites by the sea lost heart when they learned how the Lord had caused Israel to pass through Jordan on...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Worshipping. Not with divine honour, but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person. (Challoner) --- He styles the angel Adonai, which is a title frequentl...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I bring the whole of these verses into one view because they are connected. And I desire the Reader to attend to the very precious things contained in them. A more interesting portion, perhaps, in ref...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS My soul! in the perusal of this chapter, stand still and see the salvation of God! Behold how thy God puts terror in the hearts of his and thy enemies! when thy God, thy Jesus, shall have...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The passing of the Jordan was a wondrous and significant event; but it was not everything. It sank deep into the consciences of the Canaanites on all sides; but there was more that was needed, and mor...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, _etc To give additional sanctity to the vision, the great Angel requires as a sign of reverence and fear that Joshua put off his shoes. Moses relates, (Exodus 3:5...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The power of resurrection-life takes all strength from Satan: "He who is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." In our earthly life, the flesh being in us, we are expo...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOST SAID UNTO JOSHUA,.... As a trial and proof of his obedience to him: LOOSE THY SHOE FROM OFF THY FOOT; which is to be understood literally, as when the like was comm...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 15. _Loose thy shoes._] Deny thyself whol...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _From off thy foot_ In token of reverence and subjection. _Holy _ Consecrated by my presence. The very same order which God gave to Moses at the bush, when he was sending him to bring Israel out of Eg...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Ioshua renueth Circumcision. 10 The Passeouer is kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An Angel appeareth to Ioshua. 1 AND it came to passe when all the Kings of the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PASSOVER CELEBRATED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, as Moses did in the presence of the burning bush, Exodus 3:5; FOR THE PLACE WHEREON THOU STANDEST IS HOLY. This u...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    CIRCUMCISION IN GILGAL (vs.1-9) The miraculous crossing of the Jordan awakened great fear in the hearts of the Canaanitish people, so that their hearts melted (v.1). This was God's work. It was He w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-15 We read not of any appearance of God's glory to Joshua till now. There appeared to him one as a man to be noticed. This Man was the Son of God, the eternal Word. Joshua gave him Divine honours:...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    LOOSE THY SHOE FROM OFF THY FOOT, in token of reverence and subjection: see on EXODUS 3:5. The place is holy, consecrated by my presence; which when it was withdrawn, it was no more holy than any othe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 5:15 Commander H8269 LORDS H3068 army H6635 said H559 (H8799) Joshua H3091 Take H5394 (H8798) sandal...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the Captain of YHWH's host said to Joshua, “Put off your shoe from off your foot, for the place on which you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.' Compare for this incident Exodus 3:5 where...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HOLY translated, "consecrated," (Joshua 6:19) in R.V. "holy....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Reproach of Egypt rolled away. New food for the new place. The unseen captain. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Christ. CONCLUSION: (Circumcision, the seal of the covenant in their flesh, was negl...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 5:1. _The Amorites on the side of Jordan westward._ This agrees with Numbers 13:29. The Amorites dwell in the mountains. Joshua 5:2. _Make thee sharp knives._ Whet them, if of steel; but often...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Nay; but as Captain of the host of the Lord._ THE WARRIOR CHRISTIAN I. The special significance of this vision to Joshua. “The Lord’s host” does not primarily allude to those Israelite armies encamp...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 5:1__ A new generation is circumcised to remind them of their privileged covenant relationship with God. The Passover celebration reminds them that God released them from slavery...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 5:13. By Jericho] Lit., _in_ Jericho. Ewald gives the meaning, “the immediate neighbourhood, the closest connection with another thing, and, as it were, the act of entering int...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOSHUA 5:13 WHEN JOSHUA WAS BY JERICHO. The preposition בְּ, the principal meaning of which is _"in" _signifies here "in the immediate neighbourhood of," as in 1 Samuel 29:1 (where, howeve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter five we read where all of the adult males were at this point circumcised. It was a rite that they did not follow while they were in the wilderness. So that those who were born in the wi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 1:18; Acts 7:32; Acts 7:33; Exodus 3:5...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    From thy foot — In token of reverence and subjection. Holy — Consecrated by my presence. The very same orders which God gave to Moses at the bush, when he was sending him to bring Israel out of Egypt,...

Continues after advertising