Jos 5:13-14 | ESV | STEP | When Joshua was by Jericho , he lifted up his eyes and looked , and behold , a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand . And Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries ?

a Gen. 18:2; 32:24; Acts 1:10; [Ex. 23:20, 23]

‏ Joshua 5:13-14

The Commander of the Lord’s Army

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, ^aa man was standing before him ^bwith his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua ^cfell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”