Joshua 10:12-14

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹²The day the Lord handed the Amorites over to the people of Israel, Joshua spoke to the Lord while Israel was watching,

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon!”
¹³The sun stood still,
and the moon stopped
until a nation got revenge on its enemies.

Isn’t this recorded in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the middle of the sky, and for nearly a day the sun was in no hurry to set. ¹⁴Never before or after this day was there anything like it. The Lord did what a man told him to do, because the Lord fought for Israel.

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