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Sun and moon stand still joshua.
He said let the sun stand still over gibeon and the moon over.
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.
Over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.
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.
Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon.
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.
The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day.
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.
On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.
The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies.
This is written in the book of jashar.
But the sun was already standing still joshua.
Holman christian standard bible.
Cambridge researchers announced monday that they have pinpointed the date of the biblical account of joshua stopping the sun which they claim is the day of the oldest eclipse ever recorded to.
So joshua asked the lord to make the sun stand still.