Masoretic text: the text accepted as the main text for translation; A footnote is given when, for a number of textual reasons: the meaning of the word is unknown, the original text is corrupted – in the translation it is necessary to deviate from the literal rendering.

LXX — The Septuagint, a translation of the Holy Scriptures (Old Testament) into Greek, made in the third and second centuries B.C.

ABBREVIATIONS USED

OLD TESTAMENT (VT)

Everyday life — Being

Exodus

Leo – Leviticus

Numbers – Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua – The Book of Joshua

1 Samuel — The First Book of Samuel

2 Samuel — 2 Samuel

2 Samuel – The Second Book of Kings

1 Chron—First Book of Chronicles

2 Chron—Second Book of Chronicles

Job - The Book of Job

Psalms — Psalter

Proverbs – The Book of Proverbs of Solomon

Eccles - The Book of Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher (Ecclesiastes)

Is - The Book of Isaiah

Jer – Book of Jeremiah

Ezekiel – The Book of Ezekiel

Joel – The Book of the Prophet Joel

Am - The Book of Amos

Jonah – The Book of the Prophet Jonah

Micah – The Book of the Prophet Micah

Abb — The Book of the Prophet Habakkuk

Zechariah – Book of Zechariah

NEW TESTAMENT (NT)

Luke — The Gospel according to Luke (Luke's Gospel)

John – The Gospel According to John (The Gospel of John)

Acts – Acts of the Apostles

Rome — Epistle to the Romans

Gal — Epistle to the Galatians

Colossians — Colossians