Joshua 3:16

New Living Translation

the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.

Cross References

Genesis 14:3

This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea).

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.

1 Kings 7:46

The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.

Psalm 114:3

The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.

Psalm 114:5

What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

Psalm 29:10

The Lord rules over the floodwaters. The Lord reigns as king forever.

Psalm 33:7

He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.

Psalm 66:6

He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him.

Psalm 74:15

You caused the springs and streams to gush forth, and you dried up rivers that never run dry.

Psalm 77:19

Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters— a pathway no one knew was there!

Psalm 78:13

For he divided the sea and led them through, making the water stand up like walls!

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.

Exodus 14:22

So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

Exodus 14:29

But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of your breath, the waters piled up! The surging waters stood straight like a wall; in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

Ezekiel 47:8

Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea. The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.

Nahum 1:4

At his command the oceans dry up, and the rivers disappear. The lush pastures of Bashan and Carmel fade, and the green forests of Lebanon wither.

Habakkuk 3:8

Was it in anger, Lord, that you struck the rivers and parted the sea? Were you displeased with them? No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!

Numbers 34:3

The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.

Deuteronomy 1:1

These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.

Deuteronomy 3:17

They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea, with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 15:2

The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,

Joshua 16:7

From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.”

Joshua 4:22

Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’

Joshua 5:1

When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.

Judges 7:22

When the 300 Israelites blew their rams’ horns, the Lord caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.