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Scripture states that the sun itself moves, and that it rises and sets in its circuit. It does not say the earth is rotating away and then back toward the sun. Furthermore, in Joshua, we see the Sun and Moon were stopped in their circuit. It does not say the earth was stopped (again, the earth is set on a foundation that does not move).
“The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.”
Ecclesiastes 1:5 ESV
“But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”
Exodus 17:12 ESV
“At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.”
Joshua 10:12-13 ESV
“The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.”
Habakkuk 3:11 ESV
“Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.”
Psalm 19:4-6 ESV
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