So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan,
the priests carrying the ark of the covenant
went ahead of them.
Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest.
Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark
reached the Jordan
that their feet touched the water's edge,
the water from upstream stopped flowing.
It piled up in a heap a great distance away,
at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,
while the water flowing down
to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea)
was completely cut off.
So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
The priests who carried
the ark of the covenant of the Lord
stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan,
while all Israel passed by
until the whole nation
had completed the crossing on dry ground.
That day the Lord exalted Joshua
in the sight of all Israel;
and they revered him all the days of his life,
just as they had revered Moses.
(Joshua 3:14-17; 4:14)
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