...the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not thi C/ 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of...

...the five intercalated days were typified. The meaning of the allegory then comes out clearly enough. So the Sun stood still in the midst of Heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. The mystical writers of the East did not alway* strictly understand 24 hours by a day. In fact, they...

...•Joshua, after having related the miracle of stopping the course both of the sun and moon, adds, ' Is not this ' written in the book of Jasher ? So •...heaven, and hasted not to go down, ' about a whole day.1 Grotius is of opinion, that this book was a triumphant song made with a design to celebrate the...

...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...heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.' (x. 12, 13.) In this passage its being said that the sun stood still upon Gibeon, and the moon in the...

...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...heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of...

...it pleased God to display his sovereign power over the universe in a most remarkable manner: .'•'< The sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day (r)." This signal miracle seems to have been particularly directed against the prevailing worship of...

...war, it pleased God to display his sovereign power over the universe in a most remarkable manner: *' The sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day (r). n This signal miracle seems to have been particularly directed against the prevailing worship...

...the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. ' It not this written m . H They send forth their little ones like a flock,...children dunce. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, a 14 And there was "no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of...

...relation to the time when this miracle began, and how long it lasted, the Scripture's expression is, that the " sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day ;" which words can import no less, than that the sun stood still in the meridian, or much about noon,...

...desirable. Thus Joshua prayed that the sun might not go down until he had conquered his enemies, and " the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down for a whole day." Hezekiah asked recovery, and God granted it. The same kind of answer, blessed be...