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Joshua 3:16
New English Translation
Joshua 3:16
New English Translation
16 the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing.[a] It piled up far upstream[b] at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the rift valley (the Salt Sea).[c] The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.
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- Joshua 3:16 tn Heb “the waters descending from above stood still.”
- Joshua 3:16 tn Heb “they stood in one pile very far away.”
- Joshua 3:16 tn Heb “the [waters] descending… were completely cut off.”sn The Salt Sea is an ancient name for the Dead Sea.
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