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However, where in the Bible are the several hours of deceleration and acceleration mentioned
Jos 10:13 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.
Jos 10:14 There has never been a day like it before or since
It doesn't mention a deceleration time, but for the sake of reconciling a long day scientifically it seemed appropriate! I doubt that anything on the earth would notice a gradual deceleration from 1000km/h over the space of hour, certainly not over 2-3 hours! In either case the sun would appear to remain in the ‘middle’ of the sky (depending on what you classify as the middle part of the sky? 30 degrees, 40?)
30 degrees would be approx 2 hours.