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How the Holy Bible is Set Up

The Catholic Holy Bible is actually composed of two main books, the Old Testament, which is composed of 46 Books, and the New Testament, which is composed of 27 books. Here is how they are set up.
THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Pentateuch or Book of Moses
NameChapters NameChapters NameChapters NameChapters
Genesis
Deuteronomy
50
34
Exodus40Leviticus27Numbers36

Joshua24Judges21Ruth4
The HistoricalBooks
First Samuel
FirstChronicles
Tobit
Second Macabees
31
29
14
15
Second Samuel
Second Chronicles
Judith
24
36
16
First Kings
Ezra
Esther
22
10
10
Second Kings
Nehemiah
First Macabees
25
13
16
The Wisdom Books
Job
Songs
42
8
Psalms
Wisdom
150
19
Proverbs
Ecclesiasticus
31
51
Ecclesiastes12
The Prophetic Books
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Amos
Nahum
Zechariah
66
48
9
4
14
Jeremiah
Daniel
Obadiah
Habakkuk
Malachi
52
14
1
3
3
Lamentations
Hosea
Jonah
Zephaniah
5
14
6
3
Baruch
Joel
Micah
Haggai
6
4
7
2

THE NEW TESTAMENT
The Holy Gospels
Matthew28Mark16Luke24John21

Acts of the Apostles28
The New Testament Letters
Romans
Ephesians
Second Thesalonians
Philemon
16
6
3
1
First Corinthians
Philippians
First Timothy
Hebrews
16
4
6
13
Second Corinthians
Colosians
Second Timothy
13
4
4
Galatians
First Thesalonians
Titus
6
5
3
The Catholic Letters
James
Second John
5
1
First Peter
Third John
5
1
Second Peter
Jude
3
1
First John5

Revelation22
This table is an original creation by busybee


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1. The table is derived from the table of contents of the Catholic Holy Bible.



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