Joshua

passages: 3
fields: 2

Old Testament · passages in Joshua compared with current science.

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The sun can stop moving across the sky for about a day.

Joshua 10:12-13

What it means: The sun doesn't actually move across the sky - Earth rotates.

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A city declared a permanent heap of ruins can never be inhabited again.

Joshua 8:28 · Nehemiah 7:32

What it means: Joshua says Ai was left a permanent ruin, and Nehemiah later lists Ai among resettled towns.

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A city's massive walls collapsed flat after people marched around it blowing horns and shouting.

Joshua 6:20

What it means: Joshua says the walls of Jericho fell after Israel marched around the city and sounded trumpets.

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