<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you<n id="1" /> to this very day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua was near<n id="1" /> Jericho,<n id="2" /> he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword.<n id="3" /> Joshua approached him and asked him, &#8220;Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?&#8221;<n id="4" />

The commander of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s army answered Joshua, &#8220;Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.&#8221; Joshua did so.p>

<p class="bodytext">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.<n id="1" /> The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> made them secure,<n id="1" /> in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors.<n id="2" /> None of their enemies could resist them.<n id="3" />