3:14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went 5 ahead of them. 3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface 6 of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) 7 – 3:16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. 8 It piled up far upstream 9 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). 10 The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. 11
1 tn Heb “the soles of the feet.”
2 tn Or “Lord”; or “Master.”
3 tn Or “rest in.”
4 tn Heb “the waters of the Jordan, the waters descending from above, will be cut off so that they will stand in one pile.”
5 tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.
6 tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”
7 tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”
8 tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”
9 tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”
10 tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”
11 map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.