¹⁴ The Israelites packed up and left camp. The priests carrying the chest walked in front, ¹⁵ until they came to the Jordan River. The water in the river had risen over its banks, as it often does in springtime.^[a] But as soon as the feet of the priests touched the water, ^16-17 the river stopped flowing, and the water started piling up at the town of Adam near Zarethan. No water flowed toward the Dead Sea, and the priests stood in the middle of the dry riverbed near Jericho while everyone else crossed over.