¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(A) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(B) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(C) the two kings of the Amorites^(D) east of the Jordan,^(E) whom you completely destroyed.^[b](F)

²³ For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea^[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.^(A)

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand^(A) over the sea,^(B) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(C) and turned it into dry land.^(D) The waters were divided,^{(E) 22} and the Israelites went through the sea^(F) on dry ground,^(G) with a wall^(H) of water on their right and on their left.

²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(I) followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(J) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^{(K) 25} He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(L) for them against Egypt.”^(M)

¹³ And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth^(A)—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream^(B) will be cut off^(C) and stand up in a heap.^(D)”

¹⁴ So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant^(E) went ahead^(F) of them. ¹⁵ Now the Jordan^(G) is at flood stage^(H) all during harvest.^(I) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, ¹⁶ the water from upstream stopped flowing.^(J) It piled up in a heap^(K) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,^(L) while the water flowing down^(M) to the Sea of the Arabah^(N) (that is, the Dead Sea^(O)) was completely cut off.^(P) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.^{(Q) 17} The priests^(R) who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground,^(S) while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.^(T)