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

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. Isaiah 65:25

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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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