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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 (short): Why not literally? |
Question (full): I submit this as a question for further discussion: Why can't we interpret it literally? If we start from the Bible as our sole source of truth (sola scriptura) we could not deduce from the Scriptural data that the earth rotates on its axis. In fact mathematically and logically one could accurately predict the positions of points of light in the heavens if the sun, moon and stars rotated around the earth and the earth were a fixed point. In fact do you really know that the sun didn't stand still? Do you really know that the sun doesn't rise? Do you really know that the earth rotates on its axis? Or are these questions such an affront to your unexamined presuppositions that you immediately dismiss them as ludicrous? I know the Bible uses figures of speech, but as serious Bible students isn't the only reason you believe that the sun standing still is a figure of speech is that you believe what you've been taught about the earth rotating on its axis? Because Science says so. Someone has said, "In the popular mind, 'It has been scientifically proved' has replaced the Biblical formula 'Thus says the Lord.'" Lionstrong |