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13 So the sun remained still
    and the moon stood in place
        until the nation settled their score with their enemies.

This is recorded, is it not, in the book of Jashar?[a]

The sun stood in place
    in the middle of the sky
and seemed not to be in a hurry
    to set for nearly an entire day.

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Lit. the Book of the Upright; i.e. an ancient chronicle of Israel, apparently now lost. The first half of v. 13 rather than the quatrain following may be the citation.

13 So the sun stood still,(A)
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on[a] its enemies,

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

The sun stopped(C) in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

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  1. Joshua 10:13 Or nation triumphed over