Joshua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing.21 It piled up far upstream22 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea).23 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.24

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21	tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”
22	tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”
23	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.
24	map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.