Joshua 3:16

World English Bible (2000)

that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over right against Jericho.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
  • 1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
  • 1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
  • Josh 3:13 : 13 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."
  • Ps 114:3 : 3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
  • Num 34:3 : 3 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
  • Deut 1:1 : 1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  • Deut 3:17 : 17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
  • Ps 29:10 : 10 Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
  • Ps 66:6 : 6 He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
  • Ps 74:15 : 15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
  • Matt 8:26-27 : 26 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
  • Matt 14:24-33 : 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 25 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid." 28 Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters." 29 He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" 31 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"
  • Josh 15:2 : 2 Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 3:17
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    17 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.

  • Josh 3:13-15
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    13 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."

    14 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,

    15 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

  • Josh 4:16-19
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    16 "Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan."

    17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan!"

    18 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

    19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.

  • Josh 4:22-23
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    22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

    23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;

  • Josh 4:7-11
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    7 then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.'"

    8 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

    10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.

    11 It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.

  • Josh 16:7
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    7 It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

  • Josh 3:8
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    8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

  • Josh 5:1
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    1 It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 3:11
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    11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

  • Deut 3:17
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    17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.

  • Ps 114:3
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    3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

  • Josh 18:18
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    18 It passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.

  • Josh 3:1
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    1 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.

  • Deut 2:13
    74%

    13 "Now rise up, and cross over the brook Zered." We went over the brook Zered.

  • Josh 16:1
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    1 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

  • Deut 34:3
    73%

    3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.

  • Josh 4:5
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    5 Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • 2 Sam 24:5
    72%

    5 They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:

  • Josh 12:3
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    3 and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:

  • Josh 4:1
    72%

    1 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 4:13
    72%

    13 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

  • Exod 14:22
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    22 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Josh 13:27
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    27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan's bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

  • Exod 14:29
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    29 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Num 21:15
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    15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."

  • Josh 3:6
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    6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  • Judg 3:28
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    28 He said to them, "Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow any man to pass over.

  • Josh 15:5
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    5 The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.

  • Ps 78:13
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    13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.

  • Josh 4:3
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    3 and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"

  • Ezek 47:8
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    8 Then he said to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

  • Num 33:48
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    48 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

  • Deut 10:7
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    7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

  • Josh 15:7
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    7 The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.

  • 1 Chr 12:15
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    15 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
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    20 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

  • Deut 4:49
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    49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
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    8 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.