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A Specific, Distant Miracle
Commentators note the miracle wasn't just at the crossing point. The water was dammed up "a great way off," about 17 miles upstream at a specific city called Adam. This detail grounds the event in real-world geography, emphasizing that the Bible presents this not as a myth, but as a historical event that created a dry riverbed for miles.
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Joshua
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Albert Barnes
On Joshua 3:16
18th Century
Theologian
The passage should read: rose up, a heap far away, by Adam, the city which is beside Zarthan.
The city of Adam is not named elsewhe…
Charles Ellicott
On Joshua 3:16
19th Century
Bishop
Very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan. —The written text is “in Adam,” but the Masorites read it “from<…
John Gill
On Joshua 3:16
17th Century
Pastor
That the waters which came down from above
Above where the priests' feet rested, and which came down from Mount Leba…
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Matthew Henry
On Joshua 3:14–17
17th Century
Minister
Jordan overflowed all its banks. This magnified the power of God, and His kindness to Israel. Although those who oppose the salvation of God's peop…