Joshua 3:13

3:13 When the feet ¹  of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler ²  of the whole earth, touch ³  the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” ⁴ 

Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ⁵  It piled up far upstream ⁶  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ⁷  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”

² tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”

³ tn Or “rest in.”

⁴ tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”

⁵ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁶ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁷ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.

⁸ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.