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Five Books of Moses

Creation Adam & Eve Noah & Flood Abraham Jacob & Family Book of Genesis – Other Moses Slavery, Plagues, Exodus Sinai & Ten Commandments Tabernacle Book of Exodus – Other Book of Leviticus Offerings & Priests (Kohanim) Book of Numbers Book of Deuteronomy Chumash - Misc.

Prophets & Writings

Prophecy – General Joshua & Judges Book of Samuel Book of Kings Prophets Writings Psalms

Oral Law & Torah Study

National Revelation Torah Study Oral Law – General Talmudic Sources Bible Codes

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Davidic Line Today

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The Number 40

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Moses’s Cushite Wife

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