# Sun, be still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon

Joshua is praying that Yahweh would make the progression of time stop on this day. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# Sun ... moon

Joshua commands the sun and moon as if these were people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# Valley of Aijalon

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])