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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 10:12 — 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; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
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Sun
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"Joshua doubtless acted, on this occasion, by an immediate impulse upon his mind from the Spirit of God. The terms here employed to record the miracle, agree with the accustomed manner in which the the motions of the earth and sun are described in our own day. The sun apparently moves, but really is stationary; while the diurnal movement of the earth on its axis is by us unnoticed, and would not have been known except by astronomical science. The sun appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon, and there they stayed in their course for ""a whole day."" Many vain enquiries have been made concerning the way in which this miracle was wrought, and many difficulties and objections have been urged against understanding it literally. But the fact is authenticated by the Divine testimony; and the manner in which it was accomplished lies entirely out of our province, because beyond our comprehension. Jos 10:13; Deu 4:19; Deu 17:3; Job 9:7; Job 31:26,27; Psa 19:4; Psa 74:16; Psa 148:3; I" |
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stand thou
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Heb. be silent. Hab 2:20; *marg:; Zec 2:13 |
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Ajalon
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Jos 19:42; Jdg 12:12; Aijalon. |
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Jos 10:13 |
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. [Is] not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. |
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Deu 4:19 |
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. |
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Deu 17:3 |
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; |
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Job 9:7 |
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. |
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Job 31:26 |
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; |
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Job 31:27 |
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: |
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Psa 19:4 |
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, |
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Psa 74:16 |
The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. |
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Psa 148:3 |
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. |
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Hab 2:20 |
But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. |
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Zec 2:13 |
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. |
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Jos 19:42 |
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, |
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Jdg 12:12 |
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 10:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jos/10/12.html>.
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