Joshua 3:16

New International Reader's Version

Right away the water coming down the river stopped flowing. It piled up far away at a town called Adam near Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Dead Sea was completely cut off. So the people went across the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

Cross References

Genesis 14:3

These five kings all gathered their armies together in the Valley of Siddim. It was also called the valley of the Dead Sea.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana’s area was Taanach, Megiddo and the whole territory of Beth Shan. Beth Shan was next to Zarethan below Jezreel. Baana’s area reached from Beth Shan all the way to Abel Meholah. It also went across to Jokmeam. Baana was the son of Ahilud.

1 Kings 7:46

The king had made them in clay molds. It was done on the plain of the Jordan River between Sukkoth and Zarethan.

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea saw him and parted. The Jordan River stopped flowing.

Psalm 114:5

Red Sea, why did you part? Jordan River, why did you stop flowing?

Psalm 29:10

The Lord on his throne rules over the flood. The Lord rules from his throne as King forever.

Psalm 33:7

He gathers together the waters of the sea. He puts the oceans in their places.

Psalm 66:6

He turned the Red Sea into dry land. The people of Israel passed through the waters on foot. Come, let us be full of joy because of what he did.

Psalm 74:15

You opened up streams and springs. You dried up rivers that flow all year long.

Psalm 77:19

Your path led through the Red Sea. You walked through the mighty waters. But your footprints were not seen.

Psalm 78:13

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

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses reached out his hand over the Red Sea. All that night the Lord pushed the sea back with a strong east wind. He turned the sea into dry land. The waters were divided.

Exodus 14:22

The people of Israel went through the sea on dry ground. There was a wall of water on their right side and on their left.

Exodus 14:29

But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground. There was a wall of water on their right side and on their left.

Exodus 15:8

The powerful blast from your nose piled up the waters. The rushing waters stood firm like a wall. The deep waters stood up in the middle of the sea.

Isaiah 50:2

When I came to save you, why didn’t anyone welcome me? When I called out to you, why didn’t anyone answer me? Wasn’t I powerful enough to set you free? Wasn’t I strong enough to save you? I dry up the sea with a single command. I turn rivers into a desert. Then fish rot because they do not have any water. They die because they are thirsty.

Ezekiel 47:8

The man said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern territory. It goes down into the Arabah Valley. There it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into it, the salt water there becomes fresh.

Nahum 1:4

He controls the seas. He dries them up. He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Mount Carmel dry up. The flowers in Lebanon fade.

Habakkuk 3:8

Lord, were you angry with the rivers? Were you angry with the streams? Were you angry with the Red Sea? You rode your horses and chariots to overcome it.

Numbers 34:3

“ ‘Your southern border will include part of the Desert of Zin. It will be along the border of Edom. Your southern border will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words Moses spoke to all the Israelites. At that time, they were in the desert east of the Jordan River. It’s in the Arabah Valley across from Suph. The people were between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 3:17

The western border of Reuben and Gad is the Jordan River in the Arabah Valley. It reaches from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It runs below the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

He also ruled over the east side of the Arabah Valley. That land begins at the Sea of Galilee. It goes to the Dead Sea and over to Beth Jeshimoth. Then it goes south, below the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

Judah’s border on the south started from the bay at the south end of the Dead Sea.

Joshua 16:7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah. It touched Jericho and came to an end at the Jordan River.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the ark of the Lord. He’s the Lord of the whole earth. As soon as the priests step into the Jordan, it will stop flowing. The water that’s coming down the river will pile up in one place. That’s how you will know that the living God is among you.”

Joshua 4:22

Their parents must tell them, ‘Israel went across the Jordan River on dry ground.’

Joshua 5:1

All the Amorite and Canaanite kings heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River. They heard how he had dried it up for the Israelites until they had gone across it. The Amorite kings lived west of the Jordan. The kings of Canaan lived along the Mediterranean Sea. When all those kings heard what the Lord had done, they were terrified. They weren’t brave enough to face the Israelites anymore.

Judges 7:22

When the 300 trumpets were blown, the Lord caused all the men in the enemy camp to start fighting one another. They attacked one another with their swords. The army ran away to Beth Shittah toward Zererah. They ran all the way to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.