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Joshua 3:16 KJV
Joshua · chapter 3 · verse 16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Joshua 3:16 · King James Version
Joshua 3:16 in context
14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZaretanTsârᵉthânTsarethan, a place in PalestineH6891 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- besidetsada sideH6654 →
- abovemaʻalproperly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from…H4605 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- heapnêda moundH5067 →
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Here we have a short and plain account of the dividing of the river Jordan, and the passage of the children of Israel through it. The story is not garnished with the flowers of rhetoric (gold needs not to be painted), but it tell us, in short, matter of fact. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-17