Sun And Moon Stand Still Joshua

Over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.

Sun and moon stand still joshua.

Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon. Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the nation avenged itself on its enemies. On the day the lord gave the israelites victory over the amorites joshua prayed to the lord in front of all the people of israel. Though the bible mentions other cases of the sun standing still the story in the book of joshua is unique in that it also mentions the role the moon plays in the process.

Holman christian standard bible. The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies. That s right the sun stood still and the moon stayed and hasted not to go down about a whole day joshua 10 12 13 the astronauts and. Why didnt joshua cry out earth quit moving or earth slow down your spinning on your axis to prolong time joshua had no idea that his command slowed down 6 6 sextrillion tons of spinning gravel and water to give israel victory over her enemies.

13 so the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the nation avenged itself on a its enemies as it is written in the book of jashar. This led the scientists to conclude that the bible was relating a case of a solar eclipse in which the moon comes between the earth and the sun. So joshua asked the lord to make the sun stand still. The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day.

He said let the sun stand still over gibeon and the moon over. But the sun was already standing still joshua. On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.