Yosua 8:34-35

8:34 Then ¹  Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. 8:35 Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given ²  before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. ³ 

Yosua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ⁴  You must memorize it ⁵  day and night so you can carefully obey ⁶  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ⁷  and be successful. ⁸ 

[8:34]  ¹ tn Or “afterward.”

[8:35]  ² tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”

[8:35]  ³ tn Heb “walked in their midst.”

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “mouth.”

[1:8]  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.

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

[1:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.