Take-home slipsJoshua 1:9

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have not I ______ thee? Be strong ___ of good courage; ___ not affrighted, neither ___ thou dismayed: for ___ LORD thy God ___ with thee whithersoever ____ goest.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have ___ ___ commanded ____? ___ strong ___ ___ good ______; ___ not ______, ______ be ____ ______: for ___ ____ thy ___ ___ with ____ ______ thou _____.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H n I c t? B s a o g c; b n a, n b t d: f t L t G i w t w t g.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Joshua 1:9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have not I ______ thee? Be strong ___ of good courage; ___ not affrighted, neither ___ thou dismayed: for ___ LORD thy God ___ with thee whithersoever ____ goest.'
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have ___ ___ commanded ____? ___ strong ___ ___ good ______; ___ not ______, ______ be ____ ______: for ___ ____ thy ___ ___ with ____ ______ thou _____.'
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H n I c t? B s a o g c; b n a, n b t d: f t L t G i w t w t g.'
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Joshua 1:9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.