Joshua 5:14 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 5:14

“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

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ASV

And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

KJV

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 6.2 (253)

What is it that Jesus [Joshua] teaches us through this? That, doubtless, which the apostle says: "Do not believe every spirit, but test if it is from God." Therefore, Jesus [Joshua] recognized not only something from God but that which is God; for certainly he would not have worshiped unless he had recognized God. For who else is chief of the army of the powers of God except our Lord Jesus Christ?

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

By his acceptance of adoration here, which a created angel durst not admit of, Rev. xxii, 8, 9. Because the place was made holy by his presence, ver. 15, which was God's prerogative, Exod. iii, 5. Because he is called the Lord, Hebrew.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לֹ֗א	Lo'	In-	H3808 →
כִּ֛י	ki	deed	H3588 →
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
שַׂר־	sar-	[am] [the] commander of	H8269 →
צְבָֽא־	tze.va'-	[the] army of	H6635 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
בָ֑אתִי	Va.ti	I have come	H935 →
וַיִּפֹּל֩	vai.yi.Pol	and he fell	H5307 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
פָּנָ֥יו	pa.Nav	face his	H6440 →
אַ֙רְצָה֙	'ar.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ	vai.yish.Ta.chu	and he bowed down	H7812 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to <the> him
מָ֥ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
אֲדֹנִ֖י	'a.do.Ni	[is] lord my	H113 →
מְדַבֵּ֥ר	me.da.Ber	saying	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	<to>	H413 →
עַבְדּֽוֹ׃	av.Do	servant his	H5650 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 55:4
Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
leads to
- Revelation 1:5
  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…
- Isaiah 9:6–7
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…
- Jeremiah 30:9
  Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Hebrews 2:10
  In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- Psalms 18:43
  You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Through
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
leads to
- Genesis 17:17
  Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
- Judges 13:20
  When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
- Numbers 16:45
  “Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

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