12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites(A) over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.(B)
13 So the sun stood still,(C)
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.(D)

The sun stopped(E) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting(F) for Israel!

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over

He shakes the earth(A) from its place
    and makes its pillars tremble.(B)
He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(C)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(D)
He alone stretches out the heavens(E)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(F)
He is the Maker(G) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(H)

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  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo

The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.(A)

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13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(A)
    and the earth will shake(B) from its place
at the wrath(C) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.(D)

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All the stars in the sky will be dissolved(A)
    and the heavens rolled up(B) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall(C)
    like withered(D) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

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