Joshua 3:16

that the waters which were coming down from above, stood—rose up in one mound, a great way off, by the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan, and, they which were going down to the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, failed—were cut off,—and, the people, passed over, right against Jericho.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

In Context

15then, as the bearers of the ark came as far as the Jordan, and, the feet of the priests who were bearing the ark, were dipped in the edge of the waters,—the Jordan being full over all his banks, all the days of harvest,

17And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing,—while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:3All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea.

Exodus 14:29But the sons of Israel, had gone their way on dry ground in the saidst of the sea,—and the waters had been to them a wall, on their right hand and on their left.

Numbers 34:3Ye shall therefore have a south corner, from the desert of Zin, on the side of Edom,—so shall ye have a south boundary, from the end of the salt sea, eastward:

Deuteronomy 3:17the Waste Plain also and the Jordan and boundary,—from Chinnereth, even as far as the sea of the Waste Plain the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah, on the east.

Joshua 4:22then shall ye let your sons know, saying,—On dry ground, came Israel over this Jordan;

Joshua 12:3and the waste plain as far as the sea of Chinneroth, on the east, even as far as the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth,—and, on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 3:15-17

The Passage over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is… Read the whole commentary →

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