Joshua 10:12

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It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

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  • Hab 3:11 : 11 At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
  • Isa 38:8 : 8 See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.
  • Isa 60:20 : 20 Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;
  • Josh 10:13 : 13 And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.
  • Josh 19:42 : 42 And Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah
  • Judg 12:12 : 12 And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
  • Job 9:7 : 7 Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
  • Job 31:26-27 : 26 If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way, 27 A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
  • Ps 19:4 : 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,
  • Ps 74:16 : 16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
  • Ps 148:3 : 3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.
  • Isa 28:21 : 21 For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 10:13-15
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    13 And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.

    14 And there was no day like that, before it or after it, when the Lord gave ear to the voice of a man; for the Lord was fighting for Israel.

    15 And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.

  • Hab 3:11
    76%

    11 At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.

  • Josh 4:14-15
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    14 That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.

    15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 10:6-11
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    6 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.

    7 So Joshua went up from Gilgal with all his army and all his men of war.

    8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

    9 So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.

    10 And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

    11 And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.

  • Josh 5:13
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    13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

  • Josh 20:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 10:41-42
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    41 Joshua overcame them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

    42 And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.

  • Josh 3:7-9
    3 verses
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    7 And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

    8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

    9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 7:7-8
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    7 And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

    8 O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

  • Josh 7:10
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    10 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

  • Josh 11:6-7
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    6 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

    7 So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.

  • Josh 5:1
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    1 Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 10:25
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    25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • Josh 6:10
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    10 And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

  • Josh 10:27
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    27 And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

  • Josh 4:1
    69%

    1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Exod 17:13
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    13 And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

  • Josh 8:13
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    13 So all the people were in their places, the army on the north side of the town and the secret force on the west; and that night Joshua went down into the valley.

  • Exod 17:10
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    10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and went to war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

  • Ps 121:6
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    6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.

  • Josh 4:9
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    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

  • Josh 23:1
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    1 Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,