Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Art thou for us

Bible References

He lifted

Genesis 33:1
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female slaves.
Daniel 8:3
I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.
Daniel 10:5
I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.

A man

Joshua 6:2
The Lord said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its fighting men over to you.
Genesis 18:2
He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground.
Genesis 32:24
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Exodus 23:23
For My angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
Judges 13:8
Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”
Daniel 10:5
I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist.
Hosea 12:3
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and as an adult he wrestled with God.
Zechariah 1:8
I looked out in the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
Acts 1:10
While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.
Revelation 1:13
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.

His sword

Numbers 22:23
When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing on the path with a drawn sword in His hand, she turned off the path and went into the field. So Balaam hit her to return her to the path.
1 Chronicles 21:16
When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down with their faces to the ground.

Art thou for us

1 Chronicles 12:17
David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you, but if you have come to betray me to my enemies even though my hands have done no wrong, may the God of our ancestors look on it and judge.”

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