Joshua 3:13

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Joshua 3:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.

12 Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

13 When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

15 Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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Joshua 3:15

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

Joshua 3:16

the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Exodus 14:19

And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

Exodus 14:20

so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

Exodus 14:21

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Exodus 14:22

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 15:8

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Psalms 33:7

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalms 78:13

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

Psalms 114:3

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

Psalms 114:4

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

Psalms 114:5

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

Habakkuk 3:15

You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.