The Pentateuch is the name given to the five 'writings of Moses', Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Genesis is the book of beginnings. In Genesis will be found the story of creation, followed by the fall, the flood, and the lives of the patriarchs. In Exodus will be found the story of the deliverance from Egypt and the giving of the covenant containing the ten commandments. In Leviticus are found details of the religious ordinances of Israel. In Numbers we have the story of their first journey to the promised land leading up to the moment of second entry although it contains very little about the actual thirty eight year wandering in the wilderness. In Deuteronomy we have Moses final farewell speeches, preparatory to entering Canaan. Thus Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy comprise the whole story of God's salvation history from Adam to the appointment of Joshua. For the Commentary on the Pentateuch see below.

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THE PENTATEUCH --- GENESIS ---EXODUS--- LEVITICUS --- NUMBERS --- DEUTERONOMY --- THE BOOK OF JOSHUA --- THE BOOK OF JUDGES --- THE BOOK OF RUTH --- SAMUEL --- KINGS --- I & II CHRONICLES --- EZRA---NEHEMIAH---ESTHER---PSALMS 1-73--- PROVERBS---ECCLESIASTES--- SONG OF SOLOMON --- ISAIAH --- JEREMIAH --- LAMENTATIONS --- EZEKIEL --- DANIEL --- --- HOSEA --- --- JOEL ------ AMOS --- --- OBADIAH --- --- JONAH --- --- MICAH --- --- NAHUM --- --- HABAKKUK--- --- ZEPHANIAH --- --- HAGGAI --- ZECHARIAH --- --- MALACHI --- THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW ---THE GOSPEL OF MARK--- THE GOSPEL OF LUKE --- THE GOSPEL OF JOHN --- THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES --- READINGS IN ROMANS --- 1 CORINTHIANS --- 2 CORINTHIANS ---GALATIANS --- EPHESIANS--- PHILIPPIANS --- COLOSSIANS --- 1 THESSALONIANS --- 2 THESSALONIANS --- 1 TIMOTHY --- 2 TIMOTHY --- TITUS --- PHILEMON --- HEBREWS --- JAMES --- 1 & 2 PETER --- JOHN'S LETTERS --- JUDE --- REVELATION --- THE GOSPELS & ACTS

A Commentary On The Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

By Dr Peter Pett BA BD (Hons - Kings College, London University) DD

In order to understand the Bible we need to understand the Pentateuch. Its source was Moses, the first and one of the greatest of the prophets. And it is the foundation on which the remainder of the Bible was built.

The aim of this commentary is in order to assist the reader to understand the Pentateuch. It is the purpose for which this site has been set up.

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COMMENTARY ON GENESIS.

Introduction to Genesis (To Be Read)

TABLET I The History of Heaven & Earth - The Creation (Genesis 1.1 to 2.4a)

TABLET II The Histories of Adam - Adam and Eve - The Garden of Eden and the Fall (Genesis 2.4b to 3.24)

TABLET II (cont) The Histories of Adam - Cain and Abel (Genesis 4.1 to 5.1a)

TABLET III The Histories of Noah - The Line of Patriarchs - the Sons of God - Flood Warning (Genesis 5.1b to 6.9.a)

TABLET IV The Histories of the Sons of Noah - The Flood - (Genesis 6.9b to 10.1a)

TABLETS V AND VI The Table of Nations and the Tower of Babel - Shem to Abram (Genesis 10.1b - 11.27a)

God's Dealings with Abram (Genesis 11.27b-17.27)

God's Dealings with Abram (2) (Genesis 18.1-25.19a)

God's Dealings with Isaac (Genesis 25.19b-27.46)

God's Dealings with Jacob (Genesis 27.47-37.2a)

God's Dealings with Joseph (Genesis 37.2b-50.26)

Myths Sometimes Connected With Genesis

COMMENTARY ON EXODUS

The Call of Moses (Exodus 1.1-7.13).

God’s Deliverance From Egypt (Exodus 7.14-12.36).

Out From Egypt (Exodus 12.37-18.27).

The Giving of the Covenant (Exodus 19.1-24.18).

The Tabernacle - God’s Dwellingplace on Earth (Exodus 25.1-31.18).

God Reveals His Glory (Exodus 32.1-40.38).

COMMENTARY ON LEVITICUS

The Offerings and Sacrifices (1.1-7.38).

The Priesthood (8.1-11.47).

Clean and Unclean - The Day of Atonement (12.1-16.34).

The Law of Holiness (17.1-27-34).

COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS

Setting Off For The Promised Land (Numbers 1.1-10.10).

Failure and Recommencement (Numbers 10.11-19.22).

Arrival On The Borders of The Promised Land (Numbers 20.1-36.13).

COMMENTARY ON DEUTERONOMY

Introduction to The Covenant - Initial Success (Deuteronomy 1.1-4.44).

The Requirements of the Covenant (Deuteronomy 4.45-11.32).

The Place Which He Chooses - Justice,King,Priest,Prophet (Deuteronomy 12.1-18.22).

Detailed Requirements of the Covenant - Its Blessings and Cursings (19.1-29.1).

Finalisation - The Death of Moses (29.2-34.12).

Commentary on Jeremiah

Analysis of the Book.

1). The Call of Jeremiah - Prophecies during the Reigns of Josiah and Jehoiakim (chapters 1-10).

2). Call To Respond To The Covenant - Jeremiah's Personal Struggles - His Herculean Task - The Green Olive Tree - The Spoiled Girdle - The Great Drought - Judah's Rejection - Cursing And Blessing - Call To Observe The Sabbath (chapters 11-17).

3). The Refashioned Potter's Vessel - The Broken Potter's Vessel - Jeremiah, Put In Stocks, Curses The Day Of His Birth - None Of The Current House Of Josiah Will Be The Hoped For 'BRANCH' - The Coming Of The Righteous BRANCH - The Good and Bad Figs - Judgment On The Nations - (chapters 18-25).

4). Jeremiah's Warning To Jehoiakim Of What Is Coming If Judah Do Not Repent - the Yoke of YHWH on the Neck of Jeremiah Symbolising Babylon's Yoke on Judah and the Nations - the Death of Uriah the Prophet - Opposition from Hananiah the Prophet- Jeremiah's Letter to the exiles - YHWH's Rejection of Shemaiah the Prophet (chapter 26-29).

5). The Time of Jacob's Trouble - Promise of Restoration - Rachel Weeping for Her Children - The New Covenant - A New Jerusalem - Jeremiah Purchases A Field - His Puzzlement and Prayer - Their Captivity Will Return - The Shoot of David - The Certainty of Deliverance (30-33).

6). Reneging On The Covenant Against Slavery - Failing to Match Up to the Rechabites - The Burning of Jeremiah's prophetic scroll by Jehoiakim - The Imprisonments of Jeremiah Leading Up to the Fall of Jerusalem (34-39).

7). Gedaliah, Appointed As Governor Of Judah, Is Assassinated. God Offers Judah A New Beginning But Judah Prefer The Supposed Security Of Egypt. Warning Of What The Consequences Will Be (40-45).

8. Prophecies Against Foreign Nations - Egypt, Philistia, Moab. (46-48).

9). Prophecies Against Foreign Nations - Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, Elam and Babylon itself. (49-51) And A Final Historical Footnote (52).

Commentary on Lamentations.

Commentary on Lamentations.

Commentary On Psalms.

Psalms

Commentary on Zechariah

Commentary on Zechariah - Contents

PART 1 WHAT IS TO COME.

1. Exhortation - the Horsemen - the Four Horns and the Four Smiths - the Measuring of Jerusalem (1.1-2.13)

2. Joshua the High Priest - the Branch - the Golden Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees - The Power of the Spirit on Zerubbabel - the Flying Scroll - the Woman and the Ephah - the Four Chariots - the Crowning of the Branch (3.1-6.15)

3. The Calls to Righteous Living (7.1-8.23)

PART 2 THE ESCHATOLOGICAL FUTURE

4. The Judgment on Nations - the Coming King - Deliverance of the Captives - the Latter Rains - the Future Hope (9.1- 10.12)

5. The False Shepherds - Beauty and Bands (11.1-17).

6. The Future of Jerusalem - the Pierced Prophet - The Fountain for Uncleanness - The Cessation of Prophecy - the Smitten Shepherd - Truth Flows Out from Jerusalem - The Final Triumph (12.1-14.21).

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