The Old Testament

The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The second division of Christian Bibles is the New Testament, written in the Koine Greek language.

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The Old Testament (Torah) GENESIS

Genesis 1 1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The Old Testament (Torah) EXODUS

Exodus, Chapter 1 1: Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3: Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4: Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5: And all the souls that came out of the loins

The Old Testament (Torah) LEVITICUS

Leviticus, Chapter 1 1: And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the

The Old Testament (Torah) NUMBERS

Numbers, Chapter 101 1: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the

The Old Testament (Torah) DEUTERONOMY

Deuteronomy, Chapter 1 1: These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2: (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

The Old Testament (Torah) JOSHUA

Joshua, Chapter 1 1: Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, 2: Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I

The Old Testament (Torah) JUDGES

Judges, Chapter 1 1: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2: And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

The Old Testament (Torah) RUTH

Ruth, Chapter 1 1: Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2: And the name of the man was Elimelech,

The Old Testament (Torah) SAMUEL I

Samuel I, Chapter 1 1: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2: And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name

The Old Testament (Torah) SAMUEL II

Samuel II, Chapter 1 1: Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2: It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with

The Old Testament (Torah) KINGS I

Kings I, Chapter 1 1: Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2: Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish

The Old Testament (Torah) KINGS II

Kings II, Chapter 1 1: Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2: And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of

The Old Testament (Torah) CHRONICLES I

Chronicles I, Chapter 1 1: Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2: Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3: Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4: Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5: The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6: And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7: And the sons

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The Old Testament (Torah) CHRONICLES II

Chronicles II, Chapter 1 1: And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2: Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the

The Old Testament (Torah) EZRA

Ezra, Chapter 1 1: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

The Old Testament (Torah) NEHEMIAH

Nehemiah, Chapter 1 1: The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2: That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had

The Old Testament (Torah) ESTHER

Esther, Chapter 1 1: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 2: That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, 3:

The Old Testament (Torah) JOB

Job, Chapter 1 1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2: And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3: His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand

The Old Testament (Torah) PSALMS

Psalms, Psalm 1 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2: But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3: And