Verse 16
Joshua 3:16
GOD'S WORD Translation
16
the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעַמְד֡וּ הַ/מַּיִם֩ הַ/יֹּרְדִ֨ים מִ/לְ/מַ֜עְלָ/ה קָ֣מוּ נֵד אֶחָ֗ד הַרְחֵ֨ק מְאֹ֜ד ב/אדם מֵֽ/אָדָ֤ם הָ/עִיר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִ/צַּ֣ד צָֽרְתָ֔ן וְ/הַ/יֹּרְדִ֗ים עַ֣ל יָ֧ם הָ/עֲרָבָ֛ה יָם הַ/מֶּ֖לַח תַּ֣מּוּ נִכְרָ֑תוּ וְ/הָ/עָ֥ם עָבְר֖וּ נֶ֥גֶד יְרִיחֽוֹ
English Translation
And the waters that were coming down from above stood as a single heap very far away from Adam, a city that is beside Zarethan; and the waters that were going down into the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off, and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
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