Jos 3:16 | HCSB | STEP | and the water flowing downstream stood still , rising up in a mass that extended as far as Adam , a city next to Zarethan . The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea ) was completely cut off , and the people crossed opposite Jericho .

Joshua 3:16

16 and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a mass that extended as far as ^{▼▼Alt Hb tradition reads mass at} Adam, a city next to Zarethan. The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the ^{▼▼Arabah: The section of the Great Rift in Palestine, extending from the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqabah. The Hebrew word can also be translated as "plain," referring to any plain or to any part of the Arabah.}Arabah ^c (the Dead Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.