Variantly: "Listen, O heavens, and I shall speak": R. Yehudah b. Chananiah was wont to say: When Moses said "Listen, O heavens, the heavens and the heavens of the heavens stood still, and when he said "and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth," the earth and all that was on it stood still. And if this seems strange to you, go and see what is written of Joshua, viz. (Joshua 10:12-14) "And he said before the eyes of Israel: 'Sun in Givon, stand still, and moon in the valley of Ayalon.' And the sun stood still and the moon stopped … and there was no day like that…" We are hereby taught that the righteous rule in the entire universe.