17 and the Arʹa·bah* and the Jordan and the border, from Chinʹne·reth+ to the sea of the Arʹa·bah, the Salt Sea,+ at the base of the slopes of Pisʹgah+ toward the sunrising.

16 then the waters descending from above began to stand still. They rose up as one dam+ very far away at Adam,* the city at the side of Zarʹe·than,+ while those descending toward the sea of the Arʹa·bah, the Salt Sea,+ were exhausted. They were cut off, and the people passed over in front of Jerʹi·cho.