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The Books of the Bible

The Bible consists of parts of two testaments, old and new In the old the first five are law books of the Mosaic tribe Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy and then we have the next twelve books of History Joshua, Judges and Ruth Samuel, Kings and Chronicles two books each no lesser Ezra, Nehemiah and then Esther Five books of Poetry also belong Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon Five major Prophets are written in Detail Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel Twelve minor Prophets of lesser fame and here are all twelve of those names Hosea, Joel, Amos and Obediah Jonah, Michah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi Now without further ado we'll go into the testament new the Four books of the Gospel names are not very long they're simply known as Matthew, Mark, Luke and John One book of Historical facts the title of that book is known as Acts Thirteen books of the Epistles of Paul let me catch my breath a second, now we're in the long haul Romans, Corinthians 1&2, Galatians Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians Thessalonians and Timothy 1&2, Titus and Philomen Now we have the next Eight General Epistles and they're really great Hebrews, James, Peter 1&2 John has 3 and then there's Jude The last book of Testamentation is the Prophecy of Revelations The Books of the Bible total sixty-six so study the Word and get your spiritual fix

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