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Joshua 3:16

the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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ASV

that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעַמְד֡וּvai.ya.'am.Duand they stoodH5975 →
הַמַּיִם֩ha.ma.Yimthe watersH4325 →
הַיֹּרְדִ֨יםhai.yo.re.Dimwhich came downH3381 →
מִלְמַ֜עְלָהmil.Ma'.lahfrom to above <towards>H4605 →
קָ֣מוּKa.muthey roseH6965 →
נֵד־ned-a heapH5067 →
אֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
הַרְחֵ֨קhar.Chekfar awayH7368 →
מְאֹ֜דme.'OdveryH3966 →
מֵֽאָדָ֤םme.'a.damfrom AdamH121 →
הָעִיר֙ha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
מִצַּ֣דmi.Tzad[is] from [the] side ofH6654 →
צָֽרְתָ֔ןtza.re.TanZarethanH6891 →
וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗יםve.hai.yo.re.Dimand which went downH3381 →
עַ֣ל'altoH5921 →
יָ֧םyam[the] sea ofH3220 →
הָעֲרָבָ֛הha.'a.ra.Vahthe ArabahH6160 →
יָם־yom-[the] Sea ofH3220 →
הַמֶּ֖לַחha.Me.lach<the> SaltH4417 →
תַּ֣מּוּTa.muthey were completeH8552 →
נִכְרָ֑תוּnikh.Ra.tuthey were cut offH3772 →
וְהָעָ֥םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971 →
עָבְר֖וּ'a.ve.Ruthey passed overH5674 →
נֶ֥גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048 →
יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ye.ri.ChoJerichoH3405 →

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Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.Ezekiel 47:8And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.Joshua 3:13When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”Psalms 126:4Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.Genesis 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).1 Kings 4:12Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;1 Kings 7:46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.Numbers 34:3Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,Psalms 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.Matthew 8:26–27“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.Matthew 14:24–33but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.Deuteronomy 3:17The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

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The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Cross the Jordan River — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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