...Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon...

...position of the sun and moon, in that memorable day when Joshua prayed and " said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." * We are plainly told that the battle between Joshua and the five kings of the Amorites...

...of daylight, and secure the complete overthrow of the Canaanites. " He said, in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon...

...were addressed by Joshua in words which do not suit our improved knowledge of the heavenly bodies : " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon."t • Greek Gramm., § 393. t Josh. x. 12. SECTION LVI. JAMES ii. 10. — " He that offendeth...

...besieged the city of Gibcon, and for the miracle performed there, when "he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon," Josh. x. 12. To this battle Isaiah alludes, (xxviii. 21,) when he says, "The Lord shall...

...Suppose the moment of the swallowing up of Pompeii. There they were to be seen — houses, columnSj architectural proportions, differences of public and...Hebraism, in his conception, sees aught but the heroic sou of Nun, with the out-stretched arm, and the greater and lesser light obsequious? Doubtless there...

...Joshua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon...

...the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. " And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves...

...that day had not the children of Israel done so : and there was very great gladness." — Ib. 17. f " Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." — Josh. T. 12. Bring myrtle and palm — bring the boughs of each tree That's worthy...

...they were smiting, the day wasdecliningtoward evening, and Joshua said in the sight of all the people, sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon, until the nation shall have revenged itself upon its enemies. 64. And the Lord hearkened...