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June 19, 2022: Dear Friends, The purpose of this blog is to help in learning and knowing the Bible. The Bible is God’s “Holy Word” to it’s reader, as written in 2nd Timothy, chapter 3, verses 16-17 by the Apostle Paul who wrote,  “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.” This series on learning the Bible began on April 14, with blogs written weekly. Blogs have been written that teach how to learn the names and locations of the books of the Bible, how to search for and find specific Bible verses to read and study, and how to understand how the books of the Bible are related to each other. Return to the blog  written April 24 and progress forward to last week’s blog to read and contemplate on what is being taught to learn and know the Bible. In the past few blogs, the focus has been on understanding how the Bible books are related. Geographic sites that traversed  through the many books have been followed through the Bible. This will allow the reader to realize that, even what is written in each book may differ from book to book, and the books the sites are written in may have been written hundreds of years apart, the geographic sites are constant. Even to this day, the sites are still present in the same locations they were  during biblical times. The focus in today’s blog will be the timetable of when the books of the Bible or when the events in the books took place were written. This will give the reader a broader perspective when learning and studying the Bible. The timetable of the Old Testament books will be written today, of the New Testament, next week.  All times written are approximate.  MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK! Genesis: 1800 BCE-1700 BCE. Exodus through Deuteronomy:    1400′s BCE. Joshua: 1400′s BCE. Judges: 1400′s BCE-1200′s BCE.  Ruth through 2nd Chronicles: 1100 BCE-950 BCE. Ezra through Esther: 520′s BCE to 425 BCE. Job, considered the oldest book in the Bible, date written Unknowned. Psalm-Ecclesiastes: 1050 BCE to 950BCE. Isaiah: most of the chapters between 1 and 33: 740 BCE; chapter’s 40 through 55: 540 BCE; chapters 56-66: in the 400′s BCE. Jeremiah: 627 BCE. Lamentations and Ezekiel: 586 BCE. Daniel, 540 BCE: Hosea: 745 BCE. Joel: 750 BCE. Amos: 780-760 BCE; Micah: 757-698 BCE. Nahum: 650 BCE. Habakkuk: 625-606 BCE. Zephaniah: 640 BCE. Haggai:519 BCE. Zechariah: Chapters 1-8: 519 BCE. Chapters 9-12: 480 BCE. And Malachi: 450 to 420 BCE. Bible chapters to read this week: Psalm, chapter 119, verses 1-176; and Matthew, chapters 5, 6, 7; (Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount).