The Old Testament

39 books, 929 chapters. Written in Hebrew, with some Aramaic.

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Books are grouped and ordered as in most English Bibles. Other Bibles order them differently. See The Books of the Bible.

Part I

The Law (Torah)

5 books, from Genesis to Deuteronomy. Also called the Pentateuch.

Genesis50 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Exodus40 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Leviticus27 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Numbers36 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Deuteronomy34 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Part II

History

12 books, from Joshua to Esther.

Joshua24 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Judges21 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Ruth4 chapters

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1 2 3 4

1 Samuel31 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

2 Samuel24 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1 Kings22 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

2 Kings25 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

1 Chronicles29 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

2 Chronicles36 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Ezra10 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Nehemiah13 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Esther10 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Part III

Poetry

5 books, from Job to the Song of Songs.

Job42 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Psalms150 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

Proverbs31 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Ecclesiastes12 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Song of Songs8 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part IV

Major Prophets

5 books, from Isaiah to Daniel. Called major because they are longer.

Isaiah66 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

Jeremiah52 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

Lamentations5 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5

Ezekiel48 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Daniel12 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Part V

Minor Prophets

12 books, from Hosea to Malachi. Called minor because they are shorter.

Hosea14 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Joel3 chapters

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1 2 3

Amos9 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Obadiah1 chapter

Jonah4 chapters

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1 2 3 4

Micah7 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Nahum3 chapters

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1 2 3

Habakkuk3 chapters

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1 2 3

Zephaniah3 chapters

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1 2 3

Haggai2 chapters

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1 2

Zechariah14 chapters

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Malachi4 chapters

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1 2 3 4