...hail-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 fl Then spake Joshua to tl»e LORD in the day- when the LORD delivered up the Amorites...thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves...

...death were more than all those whom he slew in his life. Joshua prayed to God, and said to the sun, " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon ;" and God heard his prayer, and caused the sun and moon to stand still accordingly. The prophet " Elijah...

...death were more than all those whom he slew in his life. Joshua prayed to God, and said to the sun, " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, moon, in the valley of Aja. lon ;" and God heard his prayer, and caused the sun and moon to stand still accordingly. The...

...died with hail stones th.in they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. » 1 5 Their . ] Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the A monies before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon...

...luceiuque elatis naribua afllant." .'£«, lib. 12. We meet with a very bold mandate in Josh. x. IS. "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon." What an idea does this give us of the confidence which Joshua had, of his being in a right...

...the ring." This ring was probably an astronomical circle. , Makedah, signifies the division. V. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon in the valley of Ajalon. Gibeon seems here to mean the cope, or vault of heaven. Ajalon signifies a Ram. The allusion...

...Joshua was fighting against some of these kings, and they fled before him, he prayed to the Lord, and said, " In the sight of Israel, sun, stand thou still...Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon." And the tun stood still, and the moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves of their enemies. And...

...concerning which it is thus written in Joshua : — ' Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel,...the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation was avenged upon its enemies. Is this not written in the book of Jasher ? So the sun stood still...

...using them. We speak according to the appearance, but we know the truth. Even the famous passage : " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon,...Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed " (Joshua x. 12, 13), is but an emphatic form of expressing an appearance. Once admit the difference...

...it is written in the Book of Jasher."* It is mentioned by Joshua in this passage — " Joshua said, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon ; is not this written in the Book of Jasher ?"\ In addition to these extracts and references,...