Joshua 1:5

1:5 No one will be able to resist you¹ all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

Joshua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips!² You must memorize it³ day and night so you can carefully obey⁴ all that is written in it. Then you will prosper⁵ and be successful.⁶

Joshua 3:3

3:3 and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God⁷ being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here⁸ and walk⁹ behind it.

¹tn Heb “A man will not stand before you.” The second person pronouns in this verse are singular, indicating Joshua is the addressee.

²tn 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.

³tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

⁴tn Heb “be careful to do.”

⁵tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

⁶tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.

⁷sn The ark of the covenant refers to the wooden chest that symbolized God’s presence among his covenant people.

⁸tn Heb “set out from your place.”

⁹tn Or “march.”