Yosua 3:4
Konteks3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 1 Keep your distance 2 so you can see 3 which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Yosua 3:16
Konteks3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 4 It piled up far upstream 5 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 6 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 7
[3:4] 1 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”
[3:4] sn The precise distance is uncertain, but the measurement designated אַמָּה (’ammah, “cubit”) was probably equivalent to approximately eighteen inches (one and one-half feet, or 45 cm) in length.
[3:4] 2 tn Heb “do not approach it.”
[3:16] 4 tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”
[3:16] 5 tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”
[3:16] 6 tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”
[3:16] sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.
[3:16] 7 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.