Holy Scripture

Joshua 1:8

A church father on this verse
“I fear, however, lest by too much negligence and dullness of heart the divine volumes be not only veiled to us but also sealed, so that "if a book should be put into the hands of a man who cannot read, he would say, 'I cannot read'; if it should be put into the hands of a man who can read, he would say, 'It is sealed.…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — HOMILIES ON EXODUS 12.4

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.

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In context

6Be strong and quit thyself like a man, for thou shalt divide the land to this people, which I swore to give to your fathers.

7Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.

— Joshua 1:8 —

9Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.

10And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people, saying,

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