Hymn 858-0

 
Books of the Old Testament

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1a

Let us sing the books of Moses,
Of Moses, of Moses,
Let us sing the books of Moses,
For he wrote the law.

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1b

First, Genesis; second, Exodus;
Third Leviticus; fourth Numbers;
And the fifth is Deuteronomy,
The last of them all.

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2a

Let us sing the books
Of Hist’ry of Hist’ry, of Hist’ry,
Let us sing the books of Hist’ry,
Which tell of the Jews.

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2b

There’s Joshua, and Judges,
And the story of Ruth,
Then first and second Samuel,
And first and second Kings.

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2c

There’s first and second Chronicles,
Which give us the records;
Then Ezra, Nehemiah,
and Esther, the Queen.

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3a

Let us sing the books of Poetry,
Of Poetry, of Poetry,
Let us sing the books of Poetry,
The songs the Jews sang.

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3b

Job the patient, Psalms of David,
The Proverbs of a wise one;
And then Ecclesiastes,
and the Song of Solomon.

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4a

Let us sing the Major Prophets,
Major Prophets, Major Prophets,
Let us sing the Major Prophets,
The greatest of them all.

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4b

Isaiah, Jeremiah,
who wrote Lamentations;
Then Ezekiel and Daniel,
who were true to their God.

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5a

Let us sing the Minor Prophets,
Minor Prophets, Minor Prophets,
Let us sing the Minor Prophets,
There are twelve of them all.

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5b

Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.

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