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NASB | Joshua 10:12 ¶ Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 10:12 ¶ Then Joshua spoke to the LORD on the day when the LORD handed over the Amorites to the sons of Israel, and Joshua said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." |
Bible Question: How are we to interpret Joshua 10:12-14 when Joshua asks the Lord to make the sun 'stand still'? Did God prolong the day by some refraction of the sun's rays? I think that God stopped the earth's rotation on its axis. I also think it is interesting that the Amorites worshiped the sun and the moon as deities. Therefore, the TRUE God defeated them through their own 'deities'.. |
Bible Answer: God could of done a number of things. It is a question He'll be asked by many. Have NASA computers really proven Joshua's 'long day'? No. They deny that it ever took place. Plus theere is a need for a starting point of time, too. The story goes back to Charles A. L. Totten’s "Joshua’s Long Day and the Dial of Ahaz: A Scientific Vindication" (1890), before computers. |