Jos 1:8 | NETfull | 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! ^{▼▼ Heb “mouth.”} ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).} day and night so you can carefully obey ^{▼▼ Heb “be careful to do.”} all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ^{▼▼ Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”} and be successful. ^{▼▼ Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.}