Sun Stood Still

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valiant

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It literally says 'the sun was silent'. This could mean a period of exceptional darkness which would assist Joshua. It would also fit in with the extraordinary weather conditions.
 

posthuman

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#22
If the earth stopped rotating that would cause the sun and moon to appear to be frozen in the sky.
The moon would have to stop too.

And the earth would have to change to a rotation that matches it's yearly orbit in order to keep facing the sun with the same side - like the moon does. B/c it rotates and revolves ;)

But something completely unexpected may have happened too, involving time dilating effects. Whatever He did, it was something only God can do, as the sign to Hezekiah
 

Magenta

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If the earth stopped rotating that would cause the sun and moon to appear to be frozen in the sky.
I would think if the earth stopped moving that it would cause the sun and moon to appear to be moving faster. But it would be a little confuzzling to think about while we were drifting off into space without the rotational centrifugal motion to keep us firmly planted on the ground...
 
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Ariel82

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I would think if the earth stopped moving that it would cause the sun and moon to appear to be moving faster. But it would be a little confuzzling to think about while we were drifting off into space without the rotational centrifugal motion to keep us firmly planted on the ground...
Rotation of the earth and revolution around the sun are two different concepts.

Rotation of the earth gives us day and night. Takes 24 hours.

Revolution around the sun gives us the seasons. One revolution is a year.
 

Locutus

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#29
It's figurative hyperbole like much of the old testament.