BBE · 1965

Bible in Basic English

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31,102Verse records
66Books
1965Edition year
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Language: English. Collection scope: protestant.

Public domain in the United States; eBible records that the 1965 Cambridge edition was published without a copyright notice and distributed in the United States. Rights may differ in other jurisdictions.

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Old Testament

Genesis 50 chapters Exodus 40 chapters Leviticus 27 chapters Numbers 36 chapters Deuteronomy 34 chapters Joshua 24 chapters Judges 21 chapters Ruth 4 chapters 1 Samuel 31 chapters 2 Samuel 24 chapters 1 Kings 22 chapters 2 Kings 25 chapters 1 Chronicles 29 chapters 2 Chronicles 36 chapters Ezra 10 chapters Nehemiah 13 chapters Esther 10 chapters Job 42 chapters Psalms 150 chapters Proverbs 31 chapters Ecclesiastes 12 chapters Song of Solomon 8 chapters Isaiah 66 chapters Jeremiah 52 chapters Lamentations 5 chapters Ezekiel 48 chapters Daniel 12 chapters Hosea 14 chapters Joel 3 chapters Amos 9 chapters Obadiah 1 chapters Jonah 4 chapters Micah 7 chapters Nahum 3 chapters Habakkuk 3 chapters Zephaniah 3 chapters Haggai 2 chapters Zechariah 14 chapters Malachi 4 chapters

New Testament

Matthew 28 chapters Mark 16 chapters Luke 24 chapters John 21 chapters Acts 28 chapters Romans 16 chapters 1 Corinthians 16 chapters 2 Corinthians 13 chapters Galatians 6 chapters Ephesians 6 chapters Philippians 4 chapters Colossians 4 chapters 1 Thessalonians 5 chapters 2 Thessalonians 3 chapters 1 Timothy 6 chapters 2 Timothy 4 chapters Titus 3 chapters Philemon 1 chapters Hebrews 13 chapters James 5 chapters 1 Peter 5 chapters 2 Peter 3 chapters 1 John 5 chapters 2 John 1 chapters 3 John 1 chapters Jude 1 chapters Revelation 22 chapters

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