Joshua 5:12-14

Christian Standard Bible

¹² And the day after they ate from the produce of the land, the manna ceased.^(A) Since there was no more manna for the Israelites, they ate from the crops of the land of Canaan that year.

Commander of the Lord’s Army

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

¹⁴ “Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the Lord’s army.”^(C)

Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in homage^(D) and asked him, “What does my lord want to say to his servant?”