Jos 1:8 | NET2full | STEP | This law scroll must not leave your lips . You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful .

‏ Joshua 1:8

8 This law scroll must not leave your lips. ^{▼▼tn Heb “mouth.”} ^{▼▼sn This law scroll must not leave your lips. The ancient practice of reading aloud to oneself as an aid to memorization is in view here.} You must memorize it ^{▼▼tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 237 s.v. I הגה).} day and night so you can carefully obey ^{▼▼tn Heb “be careful to do.”} all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ^{▼▼tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”} and be successful. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.}