It was the Son of God who stood as an armed warrior before the leader of Israel. It was the One who had conducted the Hebrews through the wilderness, enshrouded in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. In order to impress the mind of Joshua that He was no less than Christ, the Exalted One, He said: “Loose thy shoe from off thy foot.” He then instructed Joshua what course to pursue in order to take Jericho. All the men of war should be commanded to compass the city once each day for six days, and on the seventh day they should march around Jericho seven times. {4T 159.3}

Det var Guds søn som stod som en bevæbnet kriger foran Israels leder. Det var ham, som havde ledt hebræerne gennem ørkenen, omgivet af en skystøtte om dagen og ildstøtte om natten. For at indprente Josua at denne mand ikke var mindre end Kristus, (160) sagde denne fornemme mand: »Drag dine sko af fødderne!« Da fortalte han Josua, hvordan Jeriko skulle indtages. Alle krigsførende mænd skulle befales til at omringe byen en gang om dagen, i seks dage og på den syvende-dag skulle de marchere rundt om Jeriko syv gange.