Joshua said let the sun stand still " Joshua 10:12–14".

Joshua 10:12–14 may just relate the most amazing miracle of all time—the day the sun stood still. “On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: ‘Sun, stand still over Gibeon, / and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.’ / So the sun stood still, / and the moon stopped, / till the nation avenged itself on its enemies. . . . The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!” God miraculously provided twenty-four hours of light to aid Israel in destroying their enemy, the Amorites.

On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said, “Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.”

A variety of explanations have been given concerning this event. Some suggest a “local miracle” in which God allowed light to remain in Gibeon, much like the Hebrews had light even when the Egyptians were in the dark (Exodus 10:23). However, the text seems to indicate an actual change of the earth’s rotation, since it says the sun did not set.

Others argue that the language of the passage is poetic and therefore not to be taken literally. This view causes other problems. Primarily, how is a reader to know that this event is figurative and not other events? Applying figurative interpretations to difficult biblical passages does not truly answer the difficulties.

According to the New King James Version of the Bible, in the book of Joshua, chapter 10, verse 12, Joshua prayed to God to make the sun stand still over Gibeon and the moon over the Valley of Aijalon. The sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies .The Bible, in the book of Joshua, chapter 10, verse 12, mentions that Joshua prayed to God to make the sun stand still over Gibeon and the moon over the Valley of Aijalon. The sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies . However, there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that the sun stood still for a day. In fact, NASA scientists did not find a ‘missing day’ in time and thereby prove Biblical accounts to be true . While there are some claims that the earth’s rotation slowed down or stopped, there is no scientific evidence to support this either .

The Bible is a religious text that contains many stories of miraculous events. While some people believe that these events are supernatural and cannot be explained by science, others believe that they can be explained by natural phenomena or are simply fictional stories. According to the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, miracles are events that happen in response to prayer or a desire to connect with God. Their mechanism or timing defies normal scientific reasoning, and show us something special about God’s character .

Another view attempts to explain the event as an eclipse that gave the appearance of a long day in which the sun did not set. Alternatively, some combination of an eclipse and refracted light in the atmosphere could have made the day appear longer than normal. God timed the event to miraculously coincide with Joshua’s prayer and moment of need. The main weakness of this view is that an eclipse typically lasts for minutes rather than hours.

Probably the best explanation is simply to take Joshua 10 at face value—God performed a stupendous miracle, causing the sun to delay its “setting.” God stopped the motion of the earth. There are objections to this explanation, based on the physics of motion, but the God who created the world and established natural laws is perfectly capable of compensating for any collateral complications. We may not have a scientific explanation of how God performed this miracle, but He did.

Some events recorded in Scripture seem to be clearly outside of the normal physical processes which govern our world. We do not know all the laws of nature and processes in the world, so it is possible that God worked many miracles within the bounds of the laws of nature that He created and sustained ( miracle of timing, using the creation to do His will). But it is also the case that God works some miracles completely beyond the limitations of the laws of nature that He created ( creation). Creation ex nihilo (from nothing) was a six-day week of supernatural activity by God beyond what we see today.

Unlike most miracles, creation is not bound by being “outside the normal physical processes which govern our world.” There were no processes in place at creation, and since creation is a completely unique event, it is difficult to gauge and classify it other than to say it occurred beyond the laws that were later operating within creation. Since creation, God has imposed natural laws that He established and ordained during Creation Week, and continues to sustain .

It is important to note that while science can explain many things, it cannot explain everything. There are still many mysteries in the universe that we do not understand, and some things may always remain beyond our comprehension.

The Bible contains many stories of miraculous events. Here are some examples of miracles in the Bible:

The parting of the Red Sea: In the book of Exodus, God parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army .

The feeding of the 5,000: In the book of Matthew, Jesus fed a crowd of 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish.

The healing of the blind man: In the book of John, Jesus healed a man who was born blind by putting mud on his eyes and telling him to wash in the Pool of Siloam .

The raising of Lazarus: In the book of John, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been in the tomb for four days .

The healing of the leper: In the book of Mark, Jesus healed a man with leprosy by touching him and saying, “Be clean!” .

It is important to note that while some people believe that these events are supernatural and cannot be explained by science, others believe that they can be explained by natural phenomena or are simply fictional stories.

The phrase “the sun stood still” is derived from the biblical account in the Book of Joshua, where it is written that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, allowing the Israelites to defeat their enemies. However, the Sun is not really standing still – its sunrise and sunset directions are just not changing very much. The phrase has since been used metaphorically to refer to any momentous event or incident that defies the laws of nature.

Interestingly, Israel’s enemies worshiped the sun and moon. The arrest of the motion of heavenly bodies and the extended period of light to help Israel clearly affirmed the Lord God as the true God. The Amorites’ own gods were powerless to aid their cause as the God of Israel moved heaven and earth to grant His people the victory.

Joshua described the miracle just as we might describe it, from an earth-bound perspective. From the perspective of someone standing on the earth, it does appear that the sun moves. We ourselves commonly speak of “sunrise” and “sunset”; it is the way we express ourselves.

While we may not fully understand how this “long day” occurred, a miracle does not have to be scientifically proven—just accepted. Joshua prayed, and God supernaturally provided the light necessary for Joshua’s army to win its battle.

The lengthened day was indeed unlike anything ever seen, but in Joshua’s mind the greater miracle may just have been that God listened to him and answered such an amazing prayer.