Joshua Commands the Sun to Stand Still
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Today's reading recounts yet another battle in the conquest of the Promised Land -- Joshua and the Hebrews defeating the Amorites. The unique thing is that Joshua asked the sun and moon stand still -- and thus time itself stop -- until the battle against the Amorites could be completed and the victory claimed.
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