Joshua

Joshua was God’s assigned leader of the Israelite people during this timeframe between 1406 B.C. and 1390 B.C. of the history of the Israelite people.

Deuteronomy

The 34 chapters in the Deuteronomy Book are the culmination of a scarred, honed life that became a radical, uncompromising God-centered life.

Numbers

Numbers is the Pentateuch’s fourth of five tomes. Moses is the Pentateuch’s author. Moses scribed the Numbers Book between 1445 B.C. and 1406 B.C.

Leviticus

Leviticus essentially means for the use of Levi tribal clan priests. The Leviticus Book is the operational manual for God’s specially chosen people’s priests.

Exodus

Moses scribed a Pentateuch or five volumes of history, instructions and laws. Moses scribed his Pentateuchal tomes during the forty years that God had him do time in the Zin Desert.

Genesis is the Bible’s first book. Beginning is a literal meaning of Genesis. The historical accounts that make up Genesis’ fifty chapters were succinctly recorded over 3,400 years ago in a manuscript that Moses scribed.

Isaiah 25

“O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.”
– Isaiah 25:1

Isaiah 26

“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.”
– Isaiah 26:3

Ezra 9

“‘O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached the heavens.”
– Ezra 9:6

Esther 7

“Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said “‘A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman’s house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “‘Hang him on it.”
– Esther 7:9

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Exodus 13

“When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
~ Exodus 13:17

Luke 11

“Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.”
~ Luke 11:39

Matthew 12

“And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.”
~ Matthew 12:31

Isaiah 30

“Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.”
~ Isaiah 30:20

James 5

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”
~ James 5:16

2 Chronicles 2

“But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who then am I to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?”
~ 2 Chronicles 2:6

Isaiah 56

“Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
~ Isaiah 56:2

Job 35

“How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,”
~ Job 35:14

Jeremiah 23

“Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?”’ declares the LORD, “‘Do not I fill heaven and earth?”’ declares the Lord.”
~ Jeremiah 23:24

Ezekiel 36

“I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.”
~ Ezekiel 36:23

Psalm 4

“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
~ Psalm 4:8

Exodus 3

“So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.”
~ Exodus 3:8

Isaiah 51

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.”
~ Isaiah 51:6