[b-hebrew] Sun and moon in Joshua 10 (was "Silver Scrolls")
Kevin P. Edgecomb
kevin at bombaxo.com
Mon Jan 26 21:03:41 EST 2009
Quoting Yigal Levin <leviny1 at mail.biu.ac.il>:
> Read again. In verse 11, God threw big stones from the sky, which chased the
> Canaanites from Beth-horon to Azekah. "Stones" ("avanim"), not "hailstones"
> ("barad"). This is a totally supernatural phenomenon, with no storm. THEN,
> in verse 12, Joshua speaks to God in front of the Israelites, asking that
> the sun and moon stand still. There's no direct connection between the two.
I write:
Yigal, look again at verse 11, closer to the end. : )
Regards,
Kevin P. Edgecomb
Berkeley, California
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