Israel

Books in this part

• Exodus

  40 chapters

  God rescues Israel from slavery, makes a covenant at Sinai, and comes to live among them.

• Leviticus

  27 chapters

  How a holy God can live among an imperfect people.

• Numbers

  36 chapters

  Forty years of wandering, grumbling, and God’s faithfulness in the wilderness.

• Deuteronomy

  34 chapters

  Moses’ farewell sermons: love the Lord your God with all your heart.

• Joshua

  24 chapters

  Israel enters the promised land under Joshua.

• Judges

  21 chapters

  A downward spiral: everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

• Ruth

  4 chapters

  Loyal love in dark days, and the family line of King David.

People you’ll meet

• Moses

  Deliverer and lawgiver

  A Hebrew raised in Pharaoh’s palace.

  God uses reluctant, flawed leaders, and points to a greater deliverer — Jesus.

• Joshua

  Leader into the land

  Moses’ assistant and successor.

  ‘As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.’

• Rahab

  An unexpected ally

  A Canaanite woman in Jericho.

  God welcomes outsiders who trust Him.

• Ruth

  Loyal love

  A Moabite widow.

  Small acts of faithful love become part of God’s big story.