Joshua 3:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

^16-17 the river stopped flowing, and the water started piling up at the town of Adam near Zarethan. No water flowed toward the Dead Sea, and the priests stood in the middle of the dry riverbed near Jericho while everyone else crossed over.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [Dead] Sea, were wholly cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. [Ps. 114.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But at that moment the water of the Jordan coming downstream stood still. It rose up as a single heap very far off, just below Adam, which is the city next to Zarethan. The water going down to the desert sea (that is, the Dead Sea) was cut off completely. The people crossed opposite Jericho.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ the descending waters stood still in one place, and, swelling up like a mountain, they were seen from far away, from the city that is called Adam, even as far as the place of Zarethan. But those that were lower ran down into the Sea of the Wilderness, (which is now called the Dead Sea,) until they entirely passed away.

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Genesis 14:3

King Chedorlaomer and his allies had ruled these last five kings for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year the kings rebelled and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now covered by the southern part of the Dead Sea.

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of the towns of Taanach and Megiddo. He was also in charge of the whole region of Beth-Shan near the town of Zarethan, south of Jezreel from Beth-Shan to Abel-Meholah to the other side of Jokmeam.

1 Kings 7:46

near the Jordan River between Succoth and Zarethan by pouring melted bronze into clay molds.

Psalm 114:3

When the sea looked at God, it ran away, and the Jordan River flowed upstream.

Psalm 114:5

Ask the sea why it ran away or ask the Jordan why it flowed upstream.

Psalm 29:10

The Lord rules on his throne, king of the flood forever.

Psalm 33:7

He scooped up the ocean and stored the water.

Psalm 66:6

When God made the sea dry up, our people walked across, and because of him, we celebrated there.

Psalm 74:15

You opened the ground for streams and springs and dried up mighty rivers.

Psalm 77:19

You walked through the water of the mighty sea, but your footprints were never seen.

Psalm 78:13

God made a path in the sea and piled up the water as he led them across.

Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched his arm over the sea, and the Lord sent a strong east wind that blew all night until there was dry land where the water had been. The sea opened up,

Exodus 14:22

and the Israelites walked through on dry land with a wall of water on each side.

Exodus 14:29

But the sea had made a wall of water on each side of the Israelites, so they walked through on dry land.

Exodus 15:8

You were so furious that the sea piled up like a wall, and the ocean depths curdled like cheese.

Isaiah 50:2

I came and called out, but you didn't answer. Have I lost my power to rescue and save? At my command oceans and rivers turn into deserts; fish rot and stink for lack of water.

Ezekiel 47:8

The man said: This water flows eastward to the Jordan River valley and empties into the Dead Sea, where it turns the salt water into fresh water.

Nahum 1:4

At the Lord's command, oceans and rivers dry up. Bashan, Mount Carmel, and Lebanon wither, and their flowers fade.

Habakkuk 3:8

Our Lord, were you angry with the monsters of the deep? You attacked in your chariot and wiped them out.

Numbers 34:3

The southern border will be the Zin Desert and the northwest part of Edom. This border will begin at the south end of the Dead Sea.

Deuteronomy 1:1

This book contains the speeches that Moses made while Israel was in the land of Moab, camped near the town of Suph in the desert east of the Jordan River. The town of Paran was in one direction from their camp, and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab were in the opposite direction. Earlier, Moses had defeated the Amorite King Sihon of Heshbon. Moses had also defeated King Og of Bashan, who used to live in Ashtaroth for part of the year and in Edrei for the rest of the year. Although it takes only eleven days to walk from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea by way of the Mount Seir Road, these speeches were not made until 40 years after Israel left Egypt. The Lord had given Moses his laws for the people of Israel. And on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses began explaining those laws by saying:

Joshua 12:3

Sihon also controlled the eastern side of the Jordan River valley from Lake Galilee south to Beth-Jeshimoth and the Dead Sea. In addition to these regions, he ruled the town called Slopes of Mount Pisgah and the land south of there at the foot of the hill.

Joshua 15:2

Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea.

Joshua 4:22

Tell them, “The Lord our God dried up the Jordan River so we could walk across. He did the same thing here for us that he did for our people at the Red Sea,

Joshua 5:1

The Amorite kings west of the Jordan River and the Canaanite kings along the Mediterranean Sea lost their courage and their will to fight, when they heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River to let Israel go across.

Judges 7:22

and blew their trumpets again. As they did, the Lord made the enemy soldiers pull out their swords and start fighting each other. The enemy army tried to escape from the camp. They ran to Acacia Tree Town, toward Zeredah, and as far as the edge of the land that belonged to the town of Abel-Meholah near Tabbath.