Joshua 5:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
  • Acts 7:32-33 : 32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it. 33 And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
  • 2 Pet 1:18 : 18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 5:13-14
    2 verses
    85%

    13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

    14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

  • 5And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

  • 33And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

  • Josh 4:14-18
    5 verses
    78%

    14That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.

    15Then the Lord said to Joshua,

    16Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

    17So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

    18And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.

  • Zech 3:3-7
    5 verses
    76%

    3Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.

    4And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

    5And let them put a clean head-dress on his head. So they put a clean head-dress on his head, clothing him with clean robes: and to him he said, See, I have taken your sin away from you.

    6And the angel of the Lord made a statement to Joshua, and said,

    7These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.

  • 10Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

  • Josh 3:5-9
    5 verses
    73%

    5And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.

    6Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

    7And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

    8And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

    9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • 1Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • 6Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

  • 1And the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 1:9-11
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    71%

    9Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

    10Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

    11Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 24And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

  • 23Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 13And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

  • 5Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

  • Josh 1:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,

    2Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.

    3Every place on which you put your foot I have given to you, as I said to Moses.

  • 9And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • 18And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

  • 9And the Lord said to Joshua, Today the shame of Egypt has been rolled away from you. So that place was named Gilgal, to this day.

  • 11See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.

  • 15As the Lord had given orders to Moses his servant, so Moses gave orders to Joshua, and so Joshua did; every order which the Lord had given to Moses was done.

  • 22So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

  • 14For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.

  • 1Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

  • 6And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

  • 13Keep in mind what Moses, the servant of the Lord, said to you, The Lord your God is sending you rest and will give you this land.

  • 3And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

  • 16Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.