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Leviticus (Torah 3)

Details Laws for the priests and the Israelites

Numbers (Torah 4)

Includes 2 Censuses, with 40 years between them, of the fighting men of Israel

Genesis (Torah 1)

Creation to the Migration of the Israelites to Egypt

Exodus (Torah 2)

The Birth of Moses to the Exit of the Israelites out of Egypt

Deuteronomy (Torah 5)

A recounting of the Law for the Second Generation of Israelites

Joshua (Historical Books 1)

The Israelite conquest after the death of Moses.

Judges (Historical Books 2)

The Leaders of Israel before the Kings

Ruth (Historical Books 3)

A love story between a moabite woman and her kinsman redeemer

1 Samuel (Historical Books 4)

The life of the last judge (also a prophet) and Israel's first king, Saul

2 Samuel (Historical Books 5)

The life of King David, the second King of Israel

1 Kings (Historical Books 6)

Lives of Leaders of North and South Kingdom until Ahaziah

2 Kings (Historical Books 7)

Lives of Leaders of North and South Kingdom until the fall of Judah

1 Chronicles (Historical Books 8)

Post-Exilic look at the History of the Jews from Abraham to David

2 Chronicles (Historical Books 9)

Post-Exilic look at the History of the Kings of the Southern Kingdom

Ezra (Historical Books 10)

Priest who gave spiritual leadership to exiles returning to Jerusalem

Nehemiah (Historical Books 11)

Man who returned to Jerusalem to help oversee building a city wall

Esther (Historical Books 12)

Jewish Girl who became queen in Persia and saved her people

Job (Poetical Books 1)

Man who endured great suffering

Psalms (Poetical Books 2)

Sometimes called the "hymnbook" of Israel

Proverbs (Poetical Books 3)

Maxims and Instructions for following the way of wisdom

Ecclesiastes (Poetical Books 4)

Challenges the simplicity of the Proverbs; Asks Hard Questions

Song of Solomon (Poetical Books 5)

Prose and Passages about love

Isaiah (Major Prophets 1)

Had a glorious vision of God on His throne and prophesied to Judah's royal court

Jeremiah (Major Prophets 2)

Prophesied before, during, and after the fall of Jerusalem

Lamentations (Major Prophets 3)

Passages mourning the destruction of Jerusalem

Ezekiel (Major Prophets 4)

A priest who was exiled to Babylon; had visions of angels

Daniel (Major Prophets 5)

Served in the court of Nebuchadnezzar; was thrown in a Lion's den

Hosea (Minor Prophets 1)

God Instructed Him to marry a promiscuous woman; obedient in difficult things

Joel (Minor Prophets 2)

Prophesied during a famine; his prophecies were quoted at Pentecost

Amos (Minor Prophets 3)

A Shepherd from the South who was called to be a prophet in the North

Obadiah (Minor Prophets 4)

The smallest book of the OT; about God's coming judgement on Edom

Jonah (Minor Prophets 5)

God called him to preach in Nineveh, tried to flee, was swallowed by a great fish

Micah (Minor Prophets 6)

Prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem

Nahum (Minor Prophets 7)

Prophesied the fall of Nineveh

Habakkuk (Minor Prophets 8)

Records Dialogue with God about evil; ministry lasts through fall of Jerusalem

Zephaniah (Minor Prophets 9)

Warns Judah; Nineveh will fall but so will Judah

Haggai (Minor Prophets 10)

Thought to be old (Saw 1st temple); Encouraged returning exiles to build 2nd temple

Zechariah (Minor Prophets 11)

Prophesied a priest would be King and Messiah would enter Jerusalem on a Donkey

Malachi (Minor Prophets 12)

Encouraged the people to give God their best, Last book of the Old Testament