16 Nà cóng shàng wǎng xià liú de shuǐ biàn zaì jí yuǎn zhī dì , Sǎlā dàn páng de Yàdāng chéng nàli tíng zhù , lì qǐ chéng lĕi . nà wǎng yà là bā de hǎi , jiù shì Yánhǎi , xià liú de shuǐ quán rán duàn jué . yúshì bǎixìng zaì Yēlìgē de duìmiàn guō qù le .
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the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.