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)

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