16 Then the waters that came down from above, stayed and rose upon an heap, and departed far from the city of Adam that was beside Zaretan: but the waters that came down toward the Sea of the wilderness, even the salt Sea, failed and were cut off: so the people went right over against Jericho.

17 But the Priests that bare the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, stood dry within Jordan [a]ready prepared, and all the Israelites went over dry, until all the people were clean gone over through Jordan.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 3:17 Either tarrying till the people were past, or as some read, sure, as though they had been upon the dry land.

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