Yosua 3:14

3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ¹  ahead of them.

Yosua 3:16

3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. ²  It piled up far upstream ³  at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). ⁴  The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. ⁵ 

[3:14]  ¹ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

[3:16]  ² tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

[3:16]  ³ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

[3:16]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.