15 and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and (A)the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the (B)Jordan overflows all its banks (C)during the whole time of harvest),

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15 Now the Jordan(A) is at flood stage(B) all during harvest.(C) Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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16 that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away [a]at Adam, the city that is beside (A)Zaretan. So the waters that went down (B)into the Sea of the Arabah, (C)the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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  1. Joshua 3:16 Qr., many mss. and vss. from Adam

16 the water from upstream stopped flowing.(A) It piled up in a heap(B) a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,(C) while the water flowing down(D) to the Sea of the Arabah(E) (that is, the Dead Sea(F)) was completely cut off.(G) So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(H)

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(A)He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up;
So (B)He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness.

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He rebuked(A) the Red Sea, and it dried up;(B)
    he led them through(C) the depths as through a desert.

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Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My (A)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.

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When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(A)
Was my arm too short(B) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(C) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(D) I dry up the sea,(E)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(F)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

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26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then (A)He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

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26 He replied, “You of little faith,(A) why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.(B)

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