OLD TESTAMENT INDEX
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| Lsn 1 |
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Introduction |
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7 Keys to understand O.T. |
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Genesis 1-3,
Moses 1-4 |
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The Creation – this is my work & my glory |
| Lsn 3 |
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Genesis 3,
Moses 4-6 |
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| Lsn 4 |
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Genesis 4,
Moses 5-6 |
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Cain & Abel; Enoch |
| Lsn 5 |
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Moses 6-7 |
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Enoch |
| Lsn 6 |
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Genesis 6-7,
Moses 7-8,
Book of Jasher 5-6,
Abraham 1 |
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Enoch; Noah; Abraham |
| Lsn 7 |
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Genesis 8-11,
Abraham 1 |
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Nimrod; Abraham; Shem; Melchezedek |
| Lsn 8 |
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Genesis 17,
Abraham 1-5 |
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Abraham; Creation |
| Lsn 9 |
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Genesis 12-18,
Abraham 15 |
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Abraham; Sarah; Hagar |
| Lsn 10 |
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Genesis 18-25 |
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Sodom & Gomorrah; Sarah; Hagar; Abraham & Isaac |
| Lsn 11 |
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Genesis 22-24 |
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Sacrifice of Isaac; Rebekah; Abraham more wives |
| Lsn 12 |
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Genesis 25-34 |
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Esau & Jacob; Rachael & Leah; twelve sons, one daughter |
| Lsn 13 |
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Genesis 34-49 |
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Jacob; Dinah; Joseph; Ephriam; Manasseh |
| Lsn 14 |
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Genesis 50,
Exodus 4 |
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Blessing Jacob’s posterity; Joseph’s prophesies; Moses |
| Lsn 15 |
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Moses 1,
Exodus 4-14 |
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Moses & Abraham saw God, had visions; Apocrypha - Plagues |
| Lsn 16 |
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Exodus 14-19 |
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Moses – Ten Commandments |
| Lsn 17 |
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Exodus 20-34 |
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Ten Commandments; Laws to govern a nation; Holy days and festivals |
| Lsn 18 |
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Exodus 34,
Leviticus 10 |
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Law of Moses a law of reparation; Moses brings commandments down mountain; Temple offerings |
| Lsn 19 |
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Leviticus 10-26 |
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Ordinances; Washings ; Homosexuality |
| Lsn 20 |
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Numbers 1-20 |
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Aaronic Priesthood; Seventy gathered to see God; Moses; Miriam; Aaron |
| Lsn 21 |
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Numbers 14-21 |
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Levi’s conspiracy; Plague; Aaronic Priesthood |
| Lsn 22 |
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Numbers 21,
Deuteronomy 31 |
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Moses & serpent of brass; Balaam; Tolerance; Liquidate all who would not serve the Lord; Moses closing statements; Blessings of rain & crops; Penalties for rejection; People let Him down. |
| Lsn 23 |
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Deuteronomy 32,
Joshua 1-7 |
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No retaliation against Egypt; Lord’s 10 points on warfare and soldiers behavior; 7 comparisons between Moses & Christ; Moses translated; worship of Baal; Rahab; Walls of Jerico fall. |
| Lsn 24 |
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Joshua 7-end |
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Israel worshipped Idols, lost battle; Achan hid idol; Man cannot hide sin from God; Holy oath; Canaanites; Earth stood still in heat of battle – not sun; Ezra Taft Benson – modern Israel promise; Gain promised blessings through work; Canaan divided between 12 tribes; Six cities of refuge. |
| Lsn 25 |
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Judges |
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Israel didn’t want to fight anymore; Generation knew not the Lord; Deborah and Barak; Jael kills Sisera; Gideon; Soldiers drank at the river. |
| Lsn 26 |
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Judges 1,
Ruth 1 |
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Gold epihod a snare to Gideon; Abimelech killed; Samson and Delilah; Ruth; Naomi & Boaz. |
| Lsn 27 |
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Samuel 1-11 |
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Concubine killed; High Priest Eli mixed idol worship with that of Jehovah; Hannah; Samuel the boy; Sacred Arc; Samuel’s sons a disappointment; Lord gave people a king – “They rejected me”; Warning to modern leaders from Samuel; Saul chosen & anointed king. |
| Lsn 28 |
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I Samuel 13-15 |
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Arc of the Covenant; Tabernacle; Samuel’s sons; Saul & Jonathan; Story of Jews. |
| Lsn 29 |
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I Samuel 16-23 |
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David anointed by Samuel; David goes to Saul; Goliath; David’s successes anger Saul; Jonathan’s friendship; David would not slay Saul. |
| Lsn 30 |
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I Samuel 24-
II Samuel 6 |
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Samuel dies; Saul pursues David; David marries Abigail; Saul seeks a witch; Saul and sons die; Abner and Joab. |
| Lsn 31 |
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II Samuel 5-12,
I Corinthians,
Psalms |
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Abner; David’s 600 valiant men; Arc of Covenant to be brought to David; Uzzah died steadying the arc; David knew things about Christ; Pologamy; Military rotation; David and Bathsheba committed adultery; Nathan reprimands David – will spend time in hell. |
| Lsn 32 |
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II Samuel 12,
II Samuel 24 |
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David and Bathsheba’s child dies; Nathan prophecies evil to come from House of David; Amnon rapes sister; Absalom kills Amnon; Joab got Absalom reinstated to court; Absalom turns on David; Shimei shames David; Joab kills Absalom contrary to David’s orders. |
| Lsn 33 |
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II Samuel 21,
I Kings 1-11 |
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David son Adoijah – heir apparent; However David instructs Zadok the priest to anoint Solomon; Solomon has dream – given wisdom, riches, honor, long life; Solomon builds temple, dedicates it, miracle, sacrifice Consumed; Solomon saw God. |
| Lsn 34 |
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I Kings 11,
Proverbs |
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Rehoboam; Jeroboam; Northern tribes (Israel) and Southern tribes (Judah); Characteristics of heathen worship; Jeroboam arm withered; Ahijah prophesies; King Asa; Brigham Young on trials for being exalted. |
| Lsn 35 |
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II Kings 15-18 |
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King Asa; Jeroboam died – replaced by Nadab; Baasha murdered Nadab; Asa signed treaty with Syria; Ahab & Jezebel reigns; Nimrod comes to power; Elijah raises Dead boy; Elijah’s contest between Jehovah & Baal’s Priests; Elijah passes mantle to Elisha & is translated. |
| Lsn 36 |
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I Kings 19,
II Kings 4 |
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War with Syria; Ahab calls Syrian king brother; Jehoshaphat; Micah prophesies; More on Elijah & Elisha; Moabites attack Israel. |
| Lsn 37 |
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II Kings,
II Chronicles |
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Elisha commands King Jehoram to wash in the river Jordan seven times to cleanse of leprosy; Lord opened Elisha’s servants eyes to see hosts of heaven; King Jehoram died (woman dropped stone); Elisha prophesies Syrian army disappears; King Hazael brutal reign; Jehu Anointed Israel’s king - Kills Johoram & Jezebel: reign of Jehoash; Zechariah stoned at temple; Jehu dies; Elisha prophesies and dies. |
| Lsn 38 |
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II Chronicles,
Jonah, Amos,
Hosea |
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Modern man swallowed by whale; Various stories of prophets; Oddball eccentrics – out of step. |
| Lsn 39 |
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II Chronicles 28 |
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Micah & Isaiah’s contemporaries; History up to Isaiah; Assyrian king Pul. |
| Lsn 40 |
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Joel, Amos;
Hosea, Micah,
Isaiah |
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Prophesy on last days – great Gentile cities defenseless; Lamanites potential threat to Gentiles; Isaiah obscure to protect those not able to bear it; Understanding Isaiah; Repent or be wiped out by war; Men will worship the earth; World government; Quotes from Apocrypha. |
| Lsn 41 |
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Isaiah 2-9 |
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Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess; Social chaos & oppression; Hair styles & tattoos; Daughters of latter- day Zion condemned; Saints receive divine protection; Parable of the vineyard; Lord lifts an ensign to nations; Many different worlds; Isaiah’s vision; Isaiah’s sons given prophetic names; reviews history. |
| Lsn 42 |
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Isaiah 9-20,
Moses 4 |
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Apocrypha writings; Judges warned; Sennacherib of Syria; Stem of Jesse; Branch of David; Lucifer; Plan of Salvation. |
| Lsn 43 |
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Isaiah (a review),
Isaiah 17 -21 |
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America will prosper – be protected from invaders; Lord merciful to gentiles; Drunkeness & partying prevail; Prophecy of modern Egypt; Latter-day prophecies; has vision of Babylonians; The struggle for the soul; Watchmen asleep – enemy had access through breaches; People lazy & decatant, won’t fight for freedoms. |
| Lsn 44 |
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Isaiah 23-28 |
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Trials brought because of sin on selves; Lord will preach His own sermons; Universal cleansing; Cities in confusion and broken down; No city a refuge; In Zion is security; Planet staggers; Dead gathered in Spirit Prison; Millennial era; Veil removed; Wicked not acknowledge it is the Lord – say it's Mother Nature; Naval power punished; Israel & Judah face judgments; Murderous combinations get above you. |
| Lsn 45 |
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Isaiah 29-37 |
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Isaiah prophesies of Book of Mormon to come forth in latter days – it would speak out of the ground; Pronounces woes on secret combinations of latter days; God’s strange act – familiar spirit; Lord will protect His People; Warns wealthy & idle women of latter days; Battle of Armageddon; Righteous flee to holy places; King Hezekiah. |
| Lsn 46 |
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Isaiah 40-45 |
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Jerusalem’s warfare over; Lord instructs saints to gather to the mountains; Savior will appear; Saints mightily tested but will overcome; Special blessing “not weary”; About Christ; Irrigation; ‘They have been weary of me”; Cyrus the Persian King; Understanding God & progression; Life a ‘play.’ |
| Lsn 47 |
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Isaiah 46-55 |
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Conquerers to show mercy to those they conquer; Babylon boastful – superior in wisdom and knowledge; Turned to enchantments and from God; Jewish baptism; Prophets trained & refined – then teach; Reference Book of Mormon; Bill of divorcement; Wait on God, He will protect us; Awake saints of latter days!; Be wise stewards – Lord’s work accompanied with suffering & travail; Jesus like men in appearance; Christ’s agony; Lamb to the slaughter; Joint heirs; Food storage; Lord holds converts accountable. |
| Lsn 48 |
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Isaiah 56-65 |
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Lord speaks to converts; Watchmen are blind to protect them; Children born to parents in immorality; People abase themselves to hell; Won’t repent so God won’t hear them - give appearance of Christians but are not; A proper fast will cleanse us and God will hear; Clothe needy especially our own; God withdrew because of our iniquities; People’s judgment flawed & lead unsatisfying lives; Wicked wail for relief but it doesn’t come; No justice or equity; Righteous gathered; Saints persecuted in last days – must endure valiantly to receive blessings; Earth removed from her place; Earth dramatically changed; Clarion call gone forth; Repent or suffer “as I.” |
| Lsn 49 |
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Isaiah 65-66 |
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Jeremiah. Where is the house ye build unto me?; against the people; One or two will be taken; Reform or war & desolation come; Who is a righteous person?; He who has offended me, him shall I blot out of the Book of Life; Fullness of iniquity – more choose evil than good; The harvest is past, the summer is ended and we are not saved; Why do the wicked prosper?; Jeremiah would go with captives; Lord says: ‘Diminish not a word’; Jeremiah commanded not to marry, feast, or mourn; “But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire”; Baruch called as scribe; Vision of the two baskets of figs; Iron yoke put on Jeremiah; Jeremiah prophesies called treasonous – weakening the nation; Zedekiah blinded and sons killed – arc plundered; Vessels of honor; Jeremiah in court in Jerusalem; Daniel in court of Babylon; Ezekiel with exiles in Babylonia. |
| Lsn 50 |
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Ezekiel 1-37 |
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Ezekiel saw God on his throne; Sun worship; Allegory Of the Two Eagles & Cedar Tree; Allegory of the Vine and Its Branches; Darius elevated Daniel to one of three Presidents; J. Smith – If you could gaze into heaven for five minutes. |
| Lsn 51 |
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Ezekiel 37-47,
Daniel 1-12 |
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Many prophets called to warn – Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death”; Ezra Taft Benson – Our people “too broad-minded” - lukewarm in beliefs; Take thee two sticks; Lord speaks; What do the Gentiles mean?; Gog & battle of Armageddon; Summarized sins of the people; dimensions of latter-day temple; Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-nego; Daniel interprets dreams; Latter-day wicked king. |
| Lsn 52 |
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Job,
Ezra,
Haggai &
Zechariah |
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Daniel interpreting Belshazzar’s dream; Job’s story; Why do righteous suffer?; Cyrus the Persian King; 50,000 Jews returned to Jerusalem; Cyrus killed and replaced by son Darius; Prophet Haggai commanded the people build a temple; Symbolism of different colored horses; Zechariah had eight visions; Two particular sins condemned – theft and perjury. Millennium. |
| Lsn 53 |
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Zechariah,
Esther,
Nehemiah,
Malachi |
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City of Jerusalem measured; Christ came riding on an ass; Latter-day appearance of the Messiah; JEWISH HOPE – three prophets appeared Sept. 1950; ‘Two part of Israel’ – Ten lost tribes & dispersed; King Darius dies and Xerxes new king. Story of Esther – Haman - Mordecai; Nehemiah has history of Jews down to a later date & he demanded social reforms; Ezra collected scriptures and read the law to the people; Malachi was the last of the prophets; told of the Lord’s anger for unfaithful priesthood bearers – left wives, talks of sacrifice and blessings for paying tithing. Keep covenants; Geneology – turn hearts of fathers to children; Edited talk by Melvin J. Ballard- ‘Struggle for the Soul’, New Era, March 1984, p. 32. |