Study guides, look-ups and sermon help for all 39 books of the Old Testament.
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The Old Testament is read in the light of the whole Bible. Chapter & Verse tells you what the text says, in its setting, and where the text is silent it says so. For Hebrew words, tap a verse in the 365-Day Plan.
GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
JoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsther
JobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon
IsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDaniel
HoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi
Beginnings: creation, the fall, the flood, and the families of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Genesis
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God rescues Israel from Egypt, gives the law at Sinai, and instructs the building of the tabernacle.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Exodus
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Instructions for offerings, priests, holiness and the feasts of Israel.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Leviticus
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Israel's census and forty years of wandering, with failures of faith and God's faithfulness.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Numbers
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Moses' farewell addresses, restating the law and calling Israel to love the Lord.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Deuteronomy
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Israel enters and takes the land under Joshua.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Joshua
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A repeating cycle of sin, oppression, crying out and deliverance, ending in disorder.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Judges
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A Moabite widow's loyalty, and Boaz the kinsman-redeemer, in the days of the judges.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Ruth
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Samuel, Israel's first king Saul, and the rise of David.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 1 Samuel
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David's reign, his great sin with Bathsheba, and its consequences.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 2 Samuel
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Solomon's glory and the temple, then the divided kingdom and Elijah.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 1 Kings
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The kings of Israel and Judah to the fall of Samaria and of Jerusalem.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 2 Kings
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Genealogies and David's reign, told for the people returned from exile.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 1 Chronicles
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Solomon's temple and the kings of Judah, with calls to seek the Lord.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for 2 Chronicles
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The exiles return and rebuild the temple, and Ezra teaches the law.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Ezra
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Nehemiah leads the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall and spiritual renewal.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Nehemiah
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A Jewish queen in Persia, and the deliverance of her people.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Esther
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A righteous man suffers; his friends misjudge him, and God answers from the whirlwind.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Job
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One hundred fifty songs of praise, lament, trust, thanksgiving and instruction.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Psalms
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Short sayings that teach wisdom, beginning with the fear of the Lord.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Proverbs
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The Preacher searches for meaning under the sun and concludes: fear God and keep his commandments.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Ecclesiastes
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A poem of love between a bride and groom, celebrating marriage.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Song of Solomon
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Judgment and comfort; the Servant of the Lord, and promises of a coming King.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Isaiah
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The weeping prophet warns Judah before the Babylonian exile and promises a new covenant.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Jeremiah
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Five poems of grief over the fall of Jerusalem, with hope in God's mercies.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Lamentations
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A prophet in exile: visions of God's glory, judgment, and the hope of renewal.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Ezekiel
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Daniel and his friends stay faithful in Babylon; visions of kingdoms and God's rule.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Daniel
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God's faithful love to an unfaithful people, pictured in Hosea's marriage.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Hosea
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A locust plague becomes a call to repent, with the promise of the Spirit poured out.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Joel
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A herdsman cries out for justice and true worship.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Amos
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A short oracle against Edom's pride.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Obadiah
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A reluctant prophet is sent to Nineveh; God is gracious to the repentant.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Jonah
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Judgment on injustice, and the promise of a ruler from Bethlehem.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Micah
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The fall of Nineveh: God is a stronghold to those who trust him.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Nahum
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A prophet questions God and learns that the righteous shall live by faith.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Habakkuk
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The great day of the Lord, and a remnant who seek him.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Zephaniah
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A call to finish rebuilding the temple and to consider your ways.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Haggai
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Night visions and promises to the returned exiles, including a humble King.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Zechariah
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God's last word of the Old Testament: faithfulness, honest worship and the coming messenger.
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Commentary: Vital Statistics, Blueprint and Megathemes for Malachi
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