Joshua 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.

Joshua 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 

¹ tn The verb, though not in the Hebrew, is added for clarification.

² tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”

³ tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”

⁴ tn Heb “the [waters] descending toward the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) were completely cut off.”

⁵ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.