The Commander of the Lord's Army

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man was standing before him (B)with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”

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The Fall of Jericho

13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man(A) standing in front of him with a drawn sword(B) in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

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He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. (A)When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

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Abraham looked up(A) and saw three men(B) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.(C)

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23 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.

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23 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword(A) in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it(B) to get it back on the road.

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31 Then the Lord (A)opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.

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31 Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes,(A) and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

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30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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(A)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
    and in his manhood he strove with God.
He strove with the angel and prevailed;
    he wept and sought his favor.
(B)He met God[a] at Bethel,
    and there God spoke with us—
the Lord, the God of hosts,
    (C)the Lord is his memorial name:

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(A)
    as a man he struggled(B) with God.
He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(C)
    and talked with him there—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(D)

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(A)I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, (B)a man clothed in linen, (C)with a belt of fine (D)gold from Uphaz around his waist.

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I looked up(A) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,(B) with a belt of fine gold(C) from Uphaz around his waist.

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23 (A)“When my angel goes before you and brings you (B)to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,

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23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites,(A) and I will wipe them out.

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10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, (A)two (B)men stood by them in (C)white robes,

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10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white(A) stood beside them.

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“I saw in the night, and behold, (A)a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were (B)red, sorrel, and white horses.

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During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red(A) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.(B)

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27 Then the Lord commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, (A)clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people.”

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16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(A)

17 David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,[a] have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep.(B) What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family,(C) but do not let this plague remain on your people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.

11 And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to this woman?” And he said, “I am.”

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11 Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, “Are you the man who talked to my wife?”

“I am,” he said.

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