Joshua 3:16

New Century Version

the water upstream stopped flowing. It stood up in a heap a great distance away at Adam, a town near Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Sea of Arabah (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed the river near Jericho.

Cross References

Genesis 14:3

These kings who were attacked united their armies in the Valley of Siddim (now the Dead Sea).

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud was governor of Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan. This was below Jezreel from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah across from Jokmeam.

1 Kings 7:46

The king had these things poured into clay molds that were made in the plain of the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan.

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea looked and ran away; the Jordan River turned back.

Psalm 114:5

Sea, why did you run away? Jordan, why did you turn back?

Psalm 29:10

The Lord controls the flood. The Lord will be King forever.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered the water of the sea into a heap. He made the great ocean stay in its place.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land. The people crossed the river on foot. So let us rejoice because of what he did.

Psalm 74:15

You opened up the springs and streams and made the flowing rivers run dry.

Psalm 77:19

You made a way through the sea and paths through the deep waters, but your footprints were not seen.

Psalm 78:13

He divided the Red Sea and led them through. He made the water stand up like a wall.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses held his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind, making the sea become dry ground. The water was split,

Exodus 14:22

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry land, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelites crossed the sea on dry land, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 15:8

Just a blast of your breath, and the waters piled up. The moving water stood like a wall; the deep waters became solid in the middle of the sea.

Isaiah 50:2

I came home and found no one there; I called, but no one answered. Do you think I am not able to save you? Do I not have the power to save you? Look, I need only to shout and the sea becomes dry. I change rivers into a desert, and their fish rot because there is no water; they die of thirst.

Ezekiel 47:8

The man said to me, “This water will flow toward the eastern areas and go down into the Jordan Valley. When it enters the Dead Sea, it will become fresh.

Nahum 1:4

He speaks to the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. The areas of Bashan and Carmel dry up, and the flowers of Lebanon dry up.

Habakkuk 3:8

Lord, were you angry at the rivers, or were you angry at the streams? Were you angry with the sea when you rode your horses and chariots of victory?

Numbers 34:3

On the south you will get part of the Desert of Zin near the border of Edom. On the east side your southern border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea,

Deuteronomy 1:1

This is the message Moses gave to all the people of Israel in the desert east of the Jordan River. They were in the desert area near Suph, between Paran and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 3:17

The border on the west was the Jordan River in the Jordan Valley, and it goes from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea west of Mount Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

and over the eastern side of the Jordan Valley from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea. And he ruled from Beth Jeshimoth south to the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

The southern border of Judah’s land started at the south end of the Dead Sea

Joshua 16:7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah. It continued until it touched Jericho and stopped at the Jordan River.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Master of the whole world, into the Jordan ahead of you. When they step into the water, it will stop. The river will stop flowing and will stand up in a heap.”

Joshua 4:22

Tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry land.

Joshua 5:1

All the kings of the Amorites west of the Jordan and the Canaanite kings living by the Mediterranean Sea heard that the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites had crossed it. After that they were scared and too afraid to face the Israelites.

Judges 7:22

When Gideon’s three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord made all the Midianites fight each other with their swords! The enemy army ran away to the city of Beth Shittah toward Zererah. They ran as far as the border of Abel Meholah, near the city of Tabbath.