 | Francis Edward Jackson Valpy - 1839 - 304 pages
...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... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 312 pages
...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... | |
 | James Waddell Alexander - 1839 - 212 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...shuttle, the baker at his oven, and to turn over with antiquarian coolness the pots and pans of Pompeii. "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." Who, in reading this magnificent Hebraism, in his conception, sees aught but the heroic... | |
 | John Pierpont - American poetry - 1840 - 366 pages
...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... | |
 | Malcolm S. Longair - Science - 2003 - 592 pages
...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 upon... | |
 | D. H. Lawrence - History - 2003 - 724 pages
...moved worlds. EgJoshuax. i2-i3('Then spake Joshua to the Lord . . . 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 ... So the sun stood still in the midst of... | |
 | Claude Burghen - Religion - 2004 - 297 pages
...stranger event happened. Joshua, in faith, shouted for the Sun and Moon to stand still in the sky: Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. (Joshua TO: 1 2) The Moon always moves counterclockwise around the Earth (currently eastward),... | |
 | Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 520 pages
...be willing to tell in the hall of these woes of thine." [N] 99 suspens in Heav'n. Joshua 10.12-14, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. ... So the sun stood still in the midst of... | |
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Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when 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. 
