Joshua 3:16 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.
When we talk about the parting of the sea we almost always refer to the part in Exodus when Moses led the people out of Egypt – but it was not the only time this happened!
When Joshua was to lead the people across the Jordan river it had to be done again – but this time if a different place with different results.
The priests were to carry the ark of the covenant before the people and it would clear the way, just as God had used it to clear the way through wars and dry land.
The priests stood in the middle of the river whilst everyone walked across on dry ground! What a God we have!