Jos 5:13, 1Ch 21:16 | ESV | STEP | When Joshua was by Jericho , he lifted up his eyes and looked , and behold , a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand . And Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries ?

a Gen. 18:2; 32:24; Acts 1:10; [Ex. 23:20, 23]

Joshua 5:13

The Commander of the Lord’s Army

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

1 Chronicles 21:16

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, ^cclothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.