Joshua 10:13

And the sun stood still God hearkened to the voice of Joshua. Once more the sunlight burst forth, and the day was miraculously protracted till the end was gained. For expressions similar to those here used compare what is said in Judges 5:20, of the stars"fighting (not inbut out of) their courses against Sisera;" in Isaiah 34:3; Amos 9:13; Micah 1:4, of the melting downof the mountains; in Isaiah 64:1, of the rending of the heavens; in Psalms 29:6, of the skipping of Lebanon; in Isaiah 55:12, of the clapping of handsby the trees in the field; in Psalms 18:9, of the bowingof the heavens. How or in what way this protraction of the light was brought about we are not told.

Is not this written in the book of Jasher? The Book here quoted is also alluded to in 2 Samuel 1:18, "Also he David bade them teach the children of Israel the Bow (i.e. - the Song of the Bow"); behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher," or, as it is rendered in the margin, "the Book of the Upright," or "Righteous." It was in all probability a collection, rhythmical in form and poetical in diction, of various pieces celebrating the heroes of the Hebrew nation and their achievements. The word itself Jasher, or Jashar, is considered to be an appellation of the Elect Nation, nearly equivalent to "Jeshurun" in Deuteronomy 32:15. The Book was naturally compiled only by degrees, and gradually any ode or song deemed worthy of preservation was added to it, "so that the quotation of it here is no proof at all that the Book of Joshua was composed after the date of the reference to the -Book of Jasher" in 2 Samuel 1:18, and as little is the quotation there a proof that the -Book of Jasher" was not extant until, at any rate, the time of David."

And hasted not to go Edersheim would translate this, "And hasted not to go like (as on) a complete day."