The Ark of the Covenant and the Israelites crossing the Jordan River illustration

When Joshua needed to cross the Jordan River with all of his people, the waters “piled up in a heap” in a town called Adam (Joshua 3:16). While the water might not have been very deep for Joshua’s crossing, at some point the people would have stepped in very deep and fast-moving water. Without a miracle, they couldn’t have crossed the Jordan at flood stage.