0 In Joshua 5, Joshua met a man with a sword near Jericho. Who was the man?

He stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied ... and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 1 Samuel 19:24

Trivia: How many people of Bethshemesh were killed by God for looking into the ark?

In Joshua 5, Joshua met a man with a sword near Jericho. Who was the man?


The captain of God's army

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD. Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD. Joshua 5:13

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