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Joshua 3

 

13 (DH) And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap."

It's possible that the river was blocked by landslides from the earthquake. See:

 

http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2015/09/25/The-Jordan-Blockage-Reexamined-(Joshua-315e2809316).aspx#Article