Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ¹  It piled up far upstream ²  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ³  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁴ 

Joshua 4:7

4:7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing ⁵  before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. ⁶  These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

Joshua 5:1

5:1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they ⁷  crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

² tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

³ 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.

⁴ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Heb “were cut off from before.”

⁶ tn Heb “how the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁷ tc Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”

⁸ tn Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”