Fr. Mike offers us different ways we can interpret the miracle of the sun standing still in Joshua 10, and also reminds us that God always desires unity for us even though we often face war and division in this world. Today's readings are Joshua 10-11, and Psalm 128. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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The book of Joshua chapter 10, the sun stands still. When Adonai Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
He feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
So Adonizedek, king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, king of Hebron, Piram, king of Jarmuth, to Japhia, king of Lachish, and to Dibir, king of Eglon, saying, Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel.
Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jermuth, the king of Lashish, and the king of Eglon gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it. And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, Do not relax your hand from your servants.
Come up to us quickly and save us and help us. For all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country are gathered against us. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him. and all the mighty men of valor. And the Lord said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. There shall not a man of them stand before you.
So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal. And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them as far as Azekah and Makedah. And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth Horon,
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the sun standing still in Joshua 10?
The Lord threw down great stones from heaven upon them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the men of Israel killed with the sword. Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the men of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Son, stand still at Gibeon, and you, Moon, in the valley of Aijon.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the book of Joshua? The sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.
Chapter 4: How did Joshua defeat the Amorite kings?
Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. The five kings defeated. These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Machedah. And it was told Joshua, the five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Machedah. And Joshua said, roll great stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them. But do not stay there yourselves.
Pursue your enemies, fall upon their rear. Do not let them enter their cities for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.
when joshua and the men of israel had finished slaying them with a very great slaughter until they were wiped out and when the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities all the people returned safe to joshua in the camp at machedah not a man moved his tongue against any of the sons of israel
Then Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings out to me from the cave. And they did so, and brought those five kings out to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lashish, and the king of Eglon.
And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near. Put your feet upon the necks of these kings. Then they came near and put their feet on their necks. And Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid or dismayed.
Be strong and of good courage, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight. And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hung them on five trees. And they hung upon the trees until evening. But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves.
And they set great stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day. And Joshua took Makedah on that day and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed every person in it. He left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
And Joshua passed on from Makeda, and all Israel with him, to Libna, and fought against Libna. And the Lord gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel, and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it, he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
And Joshua passed on from Libna and all Israel with them to Lachish and laid siege to it and assaulted it. And the Lord gave Lachish into the hand of Israel and he took it on the second day and struck it with the edge of the sword and every person in it as he had done to Libna. Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left none remaining.
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Chapter 5: What were Joshua's military campaigns in chapters 10 and 11?
And Joshua passed on with all Israel from Lachish to Eglon, and they laid siege to it and assaulted it, and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it he utterly destroyed that day, as he had done to Lachish. Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron.
and they assaulted it, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king, and its towns, and every person in it. And he left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and utterly destroyed it with every person in it.
Then Joshua, with all Israel, turned back to Debir, and assaulted it, and he took it with its king, and all its towns, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person in it. He left none remaining as he had done to Hebron and to Libna and its king. So did he do to Debir and its king.
So Joshua defeated the whole land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings. He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord God of Israel commanded. And Joshua defeated them from Kadesh-Berniah to Gaza and all the country of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
And Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. Chapter 11. The United Kings of Northern Canaan Defeated. When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab, the king of Madan, and to the kings of Shimran, and to the king of Ashaf,
and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Ereba, south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-da-Ar, to the west, to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country. and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
And they came out with all their troops, a great host, in number like the sand that is upon the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight with Israel. And the Lord said to Joshua, So Joshua came suddenly upon them with all his people of war by the waters of Merom and fell upon them.
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Chapter 6: How did Joshua's conquests fulfill God's commands?
And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as great Sidon and Mishraphoth Maim, and eastward as far as the valley of Mizpah. And they struck them until they left none remaining. And Joshua did to them as the Lord bade him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
And Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. And they put to the sword all who were in it, utterly destroying them. There was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.
And all the cities of those kings and all their kings Joshua took and struck them with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. But none of the cities that stood on mounds did Israel burn, except Hazor only, that Joshua burned. And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the sons of Israel took for their booty.
But every man they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any that breathed. As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. Summary of Joshua's conquests.
So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negev and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland from Mount Halak that rises towards Sair as far as Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings and struck them and put them to death. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle. For it was the Lord's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle in order that they should be utterly destroyed and should receive no mercy but be exterminated as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Joshua came at that time and wiped out the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to the tribal allotments.
And the land had rest from war. Psalm 128, the happy home of the faithful, a song of ascents.
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