Joshua 3:13-17

Expanded Bible

¹³ The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the ·Master [Ruler; Lord] of the whole world [Ex. 9:29], into the Jordan ahead of you. When they step into the water, it will stop. The ·river will stop flowing [^Lwaters going down will be cut off from above] and will stand up in a heap [^Cthus reminding them of the crossing of the sea in Ex. 14].”

¹⁴ So the people left ·the place where they had camped [their camp/^Ltents], and they followed the priests who carried the Ark of the ·Agreement [Covenant; Treaty] across the Jordan River. ¹⁵ During harvest the Jordan overflows its banks. When the priests carrying the Ark came to the edge of the river and stepped into the water, ¹⁶ the water ·upstream [^Lgoing down from above] stopped flowing. It stood up in a heap a great distance away at Adam, a town near Zarethan. The water flowing down to the Sea of Arabah (the ·Dead [^LSalt] Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed the river ·near [opposite; across from] Jericho. ¹⁷ The priests carried the Ark of the ·Agreement with [Covenant/Treaty of] the Lord to the middle of the river and stood there on dry ground. They waited there while ·all the people [the whole nation] of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.