Jos 5:1 | NETfull | STEP | When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.

Joshua 5:1

1 When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they ^{▼▼ Another textual tradition has, “while we crossed.”} crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. ^{▼▼ Heb “their heart[s] melted and there was no longer in them breathe because of the sons of Israel.”}