וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לֹ֗א כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהוָ֖ה עַתָּ֣ה בָ֑אתִי וַיִּפֹּל֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אַ֙רְצָה֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֲדֹנִ֖י מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ׃
Jawabnya: “Bukan, tetapi akulah panglima bala tentara Yang Mahakekal; sekarang aku datang.” Lalu Yosua menjatuhkan diri dengan mukanya ke tanah dan bersujud, lalu berkata kepadanya: “Apakah yang hendak dikatakan tuanku kepada hambanya?”
Zohar
R. Isaac said: “I rose to open to my beloved”: this was in the days of Moses, during the whole of which there was no need of angel or messenger to guide Israel. “My beloved had withdrawn himself and was gone”: this was in the days of Joshua, as it is written, “Nay, but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come” (Joshua 5, 16).