The Structure of the Books of the Old Testament According to the Hebrew Canon
The Structure of the Books of the Old Testament According to the Hebrew Canon This Is Appendix 1 From The Companion Bible. I. THE LAW (Torah). A GENESIS. The beginning. All produced by the Word of God (Genesis 1:3). Israel as a "family" (Genesis 15:1). B EXODUS. History. Israel emerging from Families and Tribes to a Nation. Called "Hebrews" according to their "tongue." C LEVITICUS. Worship. Jehovah in the midst. He, Israel's God; and they, His People. B NUMBERS. History. Israel, now a "Nation," numbered, and blessed as such (23, 24). A DEUTERONOMY. The end. All depending on the Word of Jehovah. Israel regarded as in the "Land." II. THE PROPHETS (Nebi'im). A JOSHUA. "The Lord of all the earth" giving possession of the Land. Government under Priests. The B JUDGES. Israel forsaking and returning to God; losing and regaining their position in the Land. "No king." Bethlehem. Failure under Priests. former C SAMUEL. Man's king "rejected"; God's king (David) "established."| Prophets D KINGS. Decline and Fall under the kings. (Zechariah 7:7) D ISAIAH. Final blessing under God's King. The C JEREMIAH. Human kings "rejected." David's "righteous Branch" "raised up." latter B EZEKIEL. God forsaking Israel, and returning in glory, to say for ever of His Land and city "Jehovah-Shammah." Prophets A MINOR PROPHETS. "The Lord of all the earth" giving restored possession of the Land, and foretelling final and unending possession. III. THE PSALMS (Kethubim Writings). A PSALMS. Tehillim. "Praises." God's purposes and counsels as to His doings in the future. B PROVERBS, that is to say, Rules: Words which govern or rule man's life. God's moral government set forth. C JOB. "The end of the Lord" shown in Satan's defeat, and the saints deliverance from tribulation. D CANTICLES. Virtue rewarded. Read by the Jews at the Passover: the Feast which commemorates the deliverance from Pharaoh, the Jews' oppressor. E RUTH. The stranger gathered in to hear of, and share in, God's goodness in Redemption
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inform students of certain truths; nor did he desire that anyone would accept and believe a point simply because he taught it. Rather, he instructed students in the method of Biblical interpretation that would enable them also to let the Bible speak for itself; and in so doing, they too were equipped to stand approved before God as workmen of His Word. As one who builds a bridge for the benefit of those who shall come after him, E. W. Bullinger looked to the day when others might surpass the reaches of his own journey. None are more cognizant of imperfection and failure than ourselves; and, after all we have done, there is still much left for others to do. We do not exhaust the book; and may, after all, have only laid out a road on which others may follow with far greater success. We claim only one thing–an earnest desire to believe God; and to receive what He has said, regardless alike