It happened, 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 to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?
"As Moses went to investigate the bush (Exodus 3:3), so Joshua goes to investigate the mysterious figure confronting him (Joshua 5:13 b)." [Note: Butler, p. 57.] 