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• Acts of the Apostles

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  The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.

• Epistle of Jude

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  The Epistle of Jude is the twenty-sixth book of the New Testament. It is a brief, single-chapter letter that warns against false teachers and urges believers to keep the faith, and it is classified among the General (Catholic) Epistles.

• Protoevangelium of James

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  The Protoevangelium of James is a New Testament apocryphal work that appears to have been written in Greek around the second century. It recounts the birth and upbringing of Mary and the birth of Jesus. Although it was not included in the canon, it had a major influence on Marian tradition and on depictions of the Nativity.

• Psalms

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  The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 prayers and songs of praise in the Old Testament. Used in the worship of ancient Israel, it remains one of the most widely used books of the Bible in the worship and personal devotional life of the church today.

• Exodus

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  Exodus is the second book of the Old Testament. It recounts how the people of Israel escaped bondage in Egypt, entered into a covenant with God at Mount Sinai, and erected the tabernacle.

• Genesis

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  Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament. It recounts the creation of the world, the fall of humanity, the Flood, and the stories of Israel's ancestors from Abraham to Joseph. It contains fifty chapters.

• Isaiah

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  Isaiah is the first of the prophetic books of the Old Testament and consists of sixty-six chapters. It contains prophecies of judgment, restoration, and the Messiah, and Christians have long read it as a book containing many passages that point to Jesus Christ.

• Joshua

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  Joshua is the sixth book of the Old Testament. It records how Joshua, the leader who succeeded Moses, led the people of Israel into the land of Canaan, conquered it, and divided it among the tribes.

• Micah

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  The sixth book of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, containing the message of Micah, a prophet of Judah in the eighth century BC. It is known for its proclamation of judgment on social injustice, its promise of restoration, and its prophecy of a ruler who would come forth from Bethlehem.

• Nehemiah

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  Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament. It records how the people of Judah, having returned from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.

• Numbers

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  Numbers is the fourth book of the Old Testament and part of the Pentateuch. It records the roughly forty-year journey of the people of Israel through the wilderness, from their departure from Mount Sinai to their arrival on the plains of Moab.

• Deuteronomy

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  Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament and the last book of the Pentateuch. It consists of Moses' farewell addresses to Israel on the plains of Moab, delivered before the people entered the land of Canaan, in which he expounds the law anew.

• Jonah

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  The Book of Jonah is the fifth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It tells the story of the prophet Jonah, who flees from God's command but eventually proclaims judgment against Nineveh; when Nineveh repents, God relents from the disaster He had threatened.

• Ezra

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  Ezra is the fifteenth book of the Old Testament, a historical book recounting how the people of Judah who returned from the Babylonian exile rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem and restored their community around the Law.

• Daniel

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  Daniel is a book of the Old Testament that contains stories of Daniel and his three friends, set during the Babylonian exile, along with visions concerning the end times.

• Ezekiel

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  Ezekiel is the twenty-sixth book of the Old Testament and one of the Major Prophets. Its forty-eight chapters record the visions and prophecies received by Ezekiel, a prophet from a priestly family who ministered during the Babylonian exile.

• Haggai

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  Haggai is the thirty-seventh book of the Old Testament and the tenth of the twelve Minor Prophets. It contains the messages of the prophet Haggai, who urged the people of Judah, returned from exile in Babylon, to rebuild the ruined temple in Jerusalem.

• Leviticus

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  Leviticus is the third book of the Old Testament and the third book of the Pentateuch. It contains regulations concerning sacrifices, the priesthood, laws of purity, and holy living, and consists of 27 chapters.

• Judges

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  Judges is the seventh book of the Old Testament, a twenty-one-chapter historical book recounting the stories of the "judges" who led Israel from the death of Joshua until the establishment of the monarchy.

• Proverbs

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  Proverbs is an Old Testament book of wisdom literature whose 31 chapters contain short instructions and maxims gathered chiefly under the name of Solomon. It presents the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom.