YuēShūyàjì 5:15

15 Yēhéhuá jūnduì de yuán shuaì duì Yuēshūyà shuō , bǎ nǐ jiǎo shàng de xié tuō xià lái , yīnwei nǐ suǒ zhàn de dìfang shì shèng de . Yuēshūyà jiù zhào zhe xíng le .

YuēShūyàjì 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 5:15

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.

YuēShūyàjì 5:15 In-Context

13 Yuēshūyà kàojìn Yēlìgē de shíhou , jǔmù guānkàn , búliào , yǒu yī gèrén shǒu lǐ yǒu bá chūlai de dāo , duìmiàn zhàn lì . Yuēshūyà dào Tānàli , wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì bāngzhu wǒmen ne , shì bāngzhu wǒmen dírén ne .

14 Tā huídá shuō , bú shì de , wǒ lái shì yào zuò Yēhéhuá jūnduì de yuán shuaì . Yuēshūyà jiù fǔfú zaì dì xià baì , shuō , wǒ zhǔ yǒu shénme huà fēnfu púrén .

15 Yēhéhuá jūnduì de yuán shuaì duì Yuēshūyà shuō , bǎ nǐ jiǎo shàng de xié tuō xià lái , yīnwei nǐ suǒ zhàn de dìfang shì shèng de . Yuēshūyà jiù zhào zhe xíng le .