Joshua 5:15-6:2

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¹⁵ “Take off your shoes,” the Commander told him, “for this is holy ground.” And Joshua did.

6 The gates of Jericho were kept tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelis; no one was allowed to go in or out.

² But the Lord said to Joshua, “Jericho and its king and all its mighty warriors are already defeated, for I have given them to you!