Joshua 10:12-14

10:12 The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel:¹

“O sun, stand still over Gibeon!

O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One.² The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.³ 10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed⁴ a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Joshua 10:2

10:2 All Jerusalem was terrified⁵ because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

Joshua 20:1-2

Israel Designates Cities of Refuge

20:1 The Lord instructed Joshua: 20:2 “Have the Israelites select⁶ the cities of refuge⁷ that I told you about through Moses.

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Matthew 16:1

The Demand for a Sign

16:1 Now when the Pharisees⁸ and Sadducees⁹ came to test Jesus,¹⁰ they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.¹¹

¹tn Heb “Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day the Lord placed the Amorites before the sons of Israel and he said in the eyes of Israel.” It is uncertain whether the phrase “before the sons of Israel” modifies the verb “placed” (as in the present translation, “delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites”) or the verb “spoke” (“Joshua spoke to the Lord before the sons of Israel in the day the Lord delivered over the Amorites”).

²tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

³tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

⁴tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”

⁵tn This statement is subordinated to v. 1 in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, “When Adoni-Zedek…they feared greatly.” The subject of the plural verb at the beginning of v. 2 is probably the residents of Jerusalem.

⁶tn Heb “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘Set aside for yourselves.’”

⁷tn Or “asylum.”

⁸sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

⁹sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

¹⁰tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

¹¹sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.