Finally, we look at the division of the Hebrew Tanakh, the books we find in the Old Testament. The original division of the Hebrew Scriptures is very different from that of the Old Testament. Tanakh stands for:
1. T for Torah (Law)
2. N for Nevi’im (Prophets)
3. CH for Ketuvim (Writings)
The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings are divided into the Tanakh as follows:
Law
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
5. Deuteronomy
The Prophets
6. Joshua and Judges
7. The Book of Kings (Samuel and Kings)
8. Isaiah
9. Jeremiah
10. Ezekiel
11. The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea through Malachi)
The Writings
12. The Psalms
13. The Proverbs
14. Job
15. Song of Songs
16. Ruth
17. Lamentations
18. Ecclesiastes
19. Esther
20. Daniel
21. Ezra-Nehemiah (one book for the Jews)
22. Chronicles (one book for the Jews)
22
This count counts 22 books in the Old Testament. If we add the 27 books of the New Testament, we arrive at a total of 49 books. Here too, a multiple of seven (7×7).
It is noteworthy in this regard that the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. This corresponds to the number of books in the Tanakh.
We can also divide the entire Scripture into seven parts:
1. The Law
2. The Prophets
3. The Writings
4. The historical books (the Gospels and Acts)
5. The 7 letters addressed to the Jews (James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude)
6. The 14 letters of Paul
7. Revelation
complete
We also find God’s signature in the structure and arrangement of Scripture! God provides His Word and has left us the complete revelation of His will in Scripture. His Word is complete!
Ephesians 4
14 so that we may no longer be infants, tossed to and fro, carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the will of men, by craftiness, by the methods of error.
15 But speaking truthfully in love, we will grow up into Him, the All, who is the Head, Christ.