Joshua 3:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.

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  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
  • 1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
  • 1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Josh 3:13 : 13 And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
  • Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.
  • Num 34:3 : 3 Then your south quarter will be from the waste land of Zin by the side of Edom, and your limit on the south will be from the east end of the Salt Sea,
  • Deut 1:1 : 1 These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.
  • Deut 3:17 : 17 As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.
  • Ps 66:6 : 6 The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.
  • Matt 8:26-27 : 26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
  • Matt 14:24-33 : 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear. 27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear. 28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord. 31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt? 32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down. 33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
  • Josh 15:2 : 2 Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:

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  • 17 And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.

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    13 And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

    14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

    15 And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

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    16 Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

    17 So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

    18 And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.

    19 So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

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    22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

    23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:

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    7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

    10 For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

    11 And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.

  • 7 And from Janoah down to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and touching Jericho, it goes on to Jordan.

  • 8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

  • 1 Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

  • 11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.

  • 17 As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

  • 3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

  • 18 And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

  • 1 Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

  • 13 Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.

  • 1 And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

  • 3 And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.

  • 5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

  • 5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

  • 3 And the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, to the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, that is the Salt Sea, to the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

  • 1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • 13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

  • 22 And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

  • 27 And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.

  • 29 But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

  • 15 The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.

  • 6 Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

  • 28 And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • 5 And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:

  • 13 The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

  • 3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

  • 8 And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.

  • 48 And they went on from the mountains of Abarim, and put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho;

  • 7 From there they went on to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water.

  • 7 Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

  • 15 It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

  • 20 Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

  • 49 And all the Arabah on the far side of Jordan to the east, as far as the sea of the Arabah under the slopes of Pisgah.

  • 8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.