How could the sun stop (Joshua 10:13-14)? Wouldn't the earth have had to stop, instead, and everything go flying off?

How could the sun stop (Joshua 10:13-14)?  Wouldn't the earth have had to stop, instead, and everything go flying off?

13 So the sun stood still,
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.

The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. 14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!

Clarify • Share • Report • Asked July 02 2018 • Jack Gutknecht