Joshua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went 1  ahead of them.

Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 2  It piled up far upstream 3  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 4  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 5 

1 tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

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

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

4 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.

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