יהושע ה׳:י״ג-ו׳:א׳

בהיות יהושע ביריחו. מכאן לעיבורה של עיר שהיא מן העיר, שאי אפשר לומר בתוך יריחו:

When Yehoshua was in Yericho. From here we can learn that the outskirts of a city are considered part of the city itself, for it impossible to say that Yoshua was actually inside Yericho.¹⁴Since the Bnei Yisroel had not yet captured Yericho, he could not have been in the city itself.

הלנו אתה. הלמסעדנא אתיתא:

Are you with us? Have you come to support us?

עתה באתי. לעזרתך, שאין אדם יכול להלחם עליה ולתופשה להפיל החומה, אבל בימי משה רבך באתי ולא חפץ בי, שנאמר (שמות לג טו): אם אין פניך הולכים וגו':

I have now come.—“to help you, for it is impossible for man to battle against it [Yericho] and capture it, to knock down the wall. However in the days of your master, Moshe, I came, but he did not want my presence, as it is said, ‘If your Presence [Adonoy] does not go, etc.’”¹⁵Shemos 33:15.

שר צבא ה'. ישראל שהוא צבא לה', ומיכאל היה, שנאמר (דניאל י כא): מיכאל שרכם:

The officer of Adonoy’s host. This refers to Bnei Yisroel, who are Adonoy’s host. The officer mentioned here is the Angel, Michoeil, as it is said, ‘Michoeil, your officer.’¹⁶Daniel 10:21.

סגרת ומסגרת. כתרגומו: אחידא בדשין דפרזלא, ומתקפא בעברין דנחש:

Shut and barred. [Lit. closed and closed] Targum translates: ‘Closed with iron gates and reinforced with bars of copper.’