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Torah vs. The Bible

The Torah is specifically the first five books of Moses (Genesis through Deuteronomy) - the foundation of Jewish Scripture; the Bible is the much larger, complete collection of 66 books (Old and New Testaments) that Christians recognize as Scripture.

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Torah The Bible
Scope Five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. 66 books total - 39 Old Testament and 27 New Testament.
Meaning of the word Hebrew for 'instruction' or 'law.' From Greek biblia, meaning 'books' (plural).
Relationship Forms the foundational core of the Old Testament and of Jewish Scripture (the Tanakh). Includes the Torah as its opening section, then continues through history, prophecy, wisdom literature, and the New Testament.

Scripture References

The Book of the Law

Deuteronomy 31:24-26
24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Moses completes writing the words of 'this law' - the Torah - in a book.

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