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