Joshua 10:13

And the shemesh stood still, 1 the yarei'ach stopped, 1 until the Goy had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Sefer HaYasher? So the shemesh stood still in the middle of Shomayim, and hastened not to go down about a yom tamim (whole day).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And 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 sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

In Context

12Then spoke Yehoshua to Hashem in the day when Hashem delivered up HaEmori before the Bnei Yisroel, and he said in the sight of Yisroel, 1 Shemesh, stand thou still upon Giv'on; 1 and thou, Yarei'ach, in the Emek Ayalon. 1

14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Hashem paid heed unto the voice of an ish; for Hashem fought for Yisroel.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:2Avenge the Bnei Yisroel of the Midyanim; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

Joshua 10:14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Hashem paid heed unto the voice of an ish; for Hashem fought for Yisroel.

Judges 16:28And Shimshon called unto Hashem, and said, Adonoi Hashem, remember me, now, and strengthen me, now, only this once, O HaElohim that I may be at once avenged of the Pelishtim for my two eyes.

2 Kings 20:10And Yechizkiyahu (Chizkiyahu, Hezekiah) answered, It is a simple matter for the tzel to go forward eser ma'alot; no, but let the tzel return backward eser ma'alot.

Job 9:7Which commandeth the cheres (sun), and it riseth not; 1 and sealeth up the kokhavim; 1

Psalms 74:16The yom is Thine, the lailah also is Thine; 1 Thou hast prepared the ma'ohr (luminary, moon) and the shemesh. 1

Matthew Henry on Joshua 10:8-15

The Sun and Moon Stand Still. ( b. c. 1450.) 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to… Read the whole commentary →

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