Josué 5:15

Louis Segond

Et le chef de l'armée de l'Eternel dit à Josué: Ote tes souliers de tes pieds, car le lieu sur lequel tu te tiens est saint. Et Josué fit ainsi.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et le chef de l'arm�e de l'�ternel dit � Josu�: Ote tes souliers de tes pieds; car le lieu o� tu te tiens est saint. Et Josu� fit ainsi.

Darby's French Translation
Et le chef de l'arm�e de l'�ternel dit � Josu�: Ote ta sandale de ton pied, car le lieu sur lequel tu te tiens est saint. Et Josu� fit ainsi.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et le chef de l'arm�e de l'Eternel dit � Josu� : D�lie ton soulier de tes pieds; car le lieu sur lequel tu te tiens, est saint; et Josu� [le] fit ainsi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Loose: Exodus 3:5, Acts 7:32, Acts 7:33, 2 Peter 1:18

And Joshua: Many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this extraordinary appearance of the angel to Joshua, because they supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter; whereas it is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is a mere parenthesis, simply relating to the state of Jericho at the time when Joshua was favoured with this encouraging vision; by which he was shewn that their help came from God alone, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts they were to obtain the victory.

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:16 - and I 1 Samuel 5:5 - tread 1 Samuel 10:1 - captain 2 Kings 20:5 - the captain Ecclesiastes 5:1 - thy foot Isaiah 20:2 - put Daniel 8:11 - the prince Hebrews 2:10 - the captain

Gill's Notes on the 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 commanded Moses at Horeb, Exodus 3:5; though some interpret it figuratively; as Abarbinel,

"remove from thee such thoughts that thou shall take this city by strength:''

for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy; because of the presence of this Person, and as long as he was there, though afterwards was as another place; the Jewish commentator, last mentioned, thinks this intimates that the city, and all in it (and all round about it), should be "cherem", devoted, and so be holy to the Lord:

and Joshua did so; loosed his shoe from his foot, in obedience to the Captain of the Lord's host, thereby giving proof of his readiness, willingness, and alacrity to serve under him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 3:5-8); and from this it seems likely that it was the same person that appeared in both places: in the first, to encourage Moses to deliver the oppressed Israelites, and bring them to the promised land; in the second, to encourage Joshua in his arduous labour in expelling the ancient inhabitants, and establishing the people in the inheritance promised to their fathers.

THERE is scarcely a more unfortunate division of chapters in the whole Bible than that here. Through this very circumstance many persons have been puzzled to know what was intended by this extraordinary appearance, because they supposed that the whole business ends with the chapter, whereas, it is continued in the succeeding one, the first verse of which is a mere parenthesis, simply relating the state of Jericho at the time that Joshua was favoured by this encouraging vision. We may draw two useful reflections from the subjects of this chapter: -

1. As the manna had now failed, the people always greatly addicted to incredulity, might have been led to imagine that God had now given them up, and would be no longer in their armies, had he not given them this strong assurance, that the Angel of his presence should be with them as the guide and protector of the whole camp; for Joshua undoubtedly informed them of the encouragement he had received from the captain of the Lord's host.

2. By this vision he showed them that their help came from himself, and that it was not by human might or power, but by the Lord of hosts, they were to have the victory over all their adversaries; and he gave them the most convincing proof of this in the miraculous destruction of Jericho. By this means he continued to keep them dependent on his arm alone, without which dependence the spirit of religion could not have been preserved among them.