Joshua 2:10

2:10 For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. ¹ 

Joshua 3:15-16

3:15 When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface ²  of the water – (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) ³  – 3:16 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 

Joshua 4:18

4:18 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, ⁸  the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. ⁹ 

Joshua 4:23

4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. ¹⁰ 

Joshua 7:5

7:5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures ¹¹  and defeated them on the steep slope. ¹²  The people’s ¹³  courage melted away like water. ¹⁴ 

Joshua 15:7

15:7 It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass ¹⁵  of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel.

Joshua 15:9

15:9 It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

Joshua 15:19

15:19 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ¹⁶  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.

¹ tn Heb “and what you did to the two Amorite kings who were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, how you annihilated them.”

² tn Heb “dipped into the edge.”

³ tn Heb “and the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest.”

³ tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

⁴ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁵ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁶ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁴ tn Heb “and the soles of the feet of the priests were brought up to the dry land.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went as formerly over their banks.”

⁵ tn Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”

⁶ tn The meaning and correct translation of the Hebrew word שְׁבָרִים (shÿvarim) is uncertain. The translation “fissures” is based on usage of the plural form of the noun in Ps 60:4 HT (60:2 ET), where it appears to refer to cracks in the earth caused by an earthquake. Perhaps deep ravines or gorges are in view, or the word is a proper noun (“all the way to Shebarim”).

⁷ sn The precise geographical location of the Israelite defeat at this “steep slope” is uncertain.

⁸ tn Or “army’s.”

⁹ tn Heb “and the heart of the people melted and became water.”

⁷ tn Or “ascent.”

⁸ tn Elsewhere this Hebrew word (בְּרָכָה, bÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).