Crossing the Jordan

The Conquest & the Judges

Crossing The Jordan

The river was in flood at harvest, which is the point of the story rather than a detail of it. The water stopped at Adam, sixteen miles upstream, and the nation crossed on dry ground into the land — with the priests carrying the ark standing in the riverbed until the last one was over.

Over the JordanOriginal map of Israel’s crossing of the Jordan in Joshua 3-5: the camp at Shittim, the river stopped at Adam sixteen miles upstream, and the camp at Gilgal.SaltSeaRiver JordanC A N A A NM O A BRiver JabbokShittimGilgalJerichoAdamAiBethelGibeonJerusalemHeshbonShechemSuccothMt. Nebo12341 The camp at Shittim, and the spies sent over to Jericho2 Three days at the river, in flood at harvest3 The water stopped at Adam, sixteen miles upstream4 The nation crosses on dry ground and camps at GilgalJoshua 3–55 milesN
Israel crosses the Jordan — Joshua 3–5.

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