Commentary for Joshua 3:16
וַיַּעַמְד֡וּ הַמַּיִם֩ הַיֹּרְדִ֨ים מִלְמַ֜עְלָה קָ֣מוּ נֵד־אֶחָ֗ד הַרְחֵ֨ק מְאֹ֜ד באדם [מֵֽאָדָ֤ם] הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִצַּ֣ד צָֽרְתָ֔ן וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗ים עַ֣ל יָ֧ם הָעֲרָבָ֛ה יָם־הַמֶּ֖לַח תַּ֣מּוּ נִכְרָ֑תוּ וְהָעָ֥ם עָבְר֖וּ נֶ֥גֶד יְרִיחֽוֹ׃
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Rashi on Joshua
A great distance from the place they stood. There the waters were cut off.
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Rashi on Joshua
From Odom. [Adom] was the name of the city.
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Rashi on Joshua
Descended. Those waters that had descended from above that had previously flowed downstream.
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Rashi on Joshua
Were completely cut off. They continued flowing on their course16This refers to those waters that had flowed toward the Salt Sea before the cut off of the upper waters. as do all the streams that flow into the sea, which ended their course.
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