Joshua can see that soon the sun will go down.
Sun stand still bible verse.
So that is why joshua prays to jehovah and then says.
13 and the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
Sun stand still and when the sun keeps shining the israelites are able to finish winning the fight.
12 then spake joshua to the lord in the day when the lord delivered up the amorites before the children of israel and he said in the sight of israel sun stand thou still upon gibeon.
Joshua 10 12 14 may just relate the most amazing miracle of all time the day the sun stood still.
Joshua 10 12 14 king james version kjv.
2 he and his people were very much alarmed at this because gibeon was an important city like one of the royal.
Is this not written in the book of jashar.
Is it true that the sun stood still answer.
The sun stands still.
Sun stand still over gibeon and you moon over the valley of aijalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped.
And thou moon in the valley of ajalon.
His command in the hebrew language was not sun stand thou still but sun cease acting or sun stop working it was then that the gravitational pull of the sun affected the earth.
On the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel.
It was then the earth began to slow down and the day was lengthened robert boyd boyds bible handbook eugene oregon.
Harvest house 1983 p.
It will be dark and many of the soldiers of the five bad kings will get away.
12 then spake joshua to the lord in the day when the lord delivered up the amorites before the children of israel and he said in the sight of israel sun stand thou still upon gibeon.
The day the sun stood still 12 on the day that the lord gave the amorites over to the israelites joshua spoke to the lord in the presence of israel.
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.
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.
13 and the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.