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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_commander of_the_army of_YHWH to Yəhōshūˊa take_off sandals_your from_under feet_your if/because the_place which you [are]_standing on/upon/above_him/it [is]_a_holy_place it and_he/it_made Yəhōshūˊa thus.
OET (OET-RV) “Take off your sandals,” the commander of Yahweh’s army told him, “because the ground that you’re standing is holy.” So Yehoshua took them off.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔ךָ
remove sandals,your from=under feet,your
In that culture, the action of taking of ones sandals expressed that the person who took off their sandals was showing great respect and reverence towards someone superior to them and acknowledging their willingness to obey them. If there is a gesture with similar meaning in your culture, you could consider using it here in your translation.
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔ךָ כִּ֣י הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֛ה עֹמֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו קֹ֣דֶשׁ ה֑וּא
remove sandals,your from=under feet,your that/for/because/then/when the,place which/who you(ms) standing on/upon/above=him/it holy he/it
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “Because the place on which you are standing is holy, you must slip off your sandal from your foot.”
5:15 Take off your sandals, for the place . . . is holy: This was what God told Moses at the burning bush (Exod 3:5). Joshua certainly recognized the similarity. This encounter would have encouraged Joshua of God’s blessing on Israel’s first action against Canaan.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_commander of_the_army of_YHWH to Yəhōshūˊa take_off sandals_your from_under feet_your if/because the_place which you [are]_standing on/upon/above_him/it [is]_a_holy_place it and_he/it_made Yəhōshūˊa thus.
OET (OET-RV) “Take off your sandals,” the commander of Yahweh’s army told him, “because the ground that you’re standing is holy.” So Yehoshua took them off.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.