The prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. Joshua did so.
Critics have bemoaned the fact that no specific instructions were here given to Joshua, although he had clearly asked for instructions.  Blair thought that "by making  Joshua 6:1 a parenthesis, the narrative containing instructions for Joshua continues onward from  Joshua 6:2."[32]  Cook also declared emphatically that,  "Joshua 6:1 is parenthetical ... the narrative continues in  Joshua 6:2."[33]  That heavenly instructions indeed came to Joshua and supernaturally guided him in the conquest is evident in all that followed.