Old Testament
Gospel Doctrine Teacher's Manual


Cover: Hannah Presenting Her Son Samuel to Eli, by Robert T. Barrett

Published by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake City, Utah

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Contents

Lesson Number and Title     Page

Helps for the Teacher     v

  1   "This Is My Work and My Glory" (Moses 1)     1

  2   "Thou Wast Chosen Before Thou Wast Born"     5

(Abraham 3; Moses 4:1-4)

  3   The Creation (Moses 1:27-42; Moses 2-3)     9

  4   "Because of My Transgression My Eyes Are Opened"     12

(Moses 4; Moses 5:1-15; Moses 6:48-62)

  5   "If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted" (Moses 5-7)     17

  6   "Noah ... Prepared an Ark to the Saving of His House"     23

(Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6-9; Genesis 11:1-9)

  7   The Abrahamic Covenant     27

(Abraham 1:1-4; Abraham 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; Genesis 17:1-9)

  8   Living Righteously in a Wicked World (Genesis 13-14; Genesis 18-19)     32

  9   "God Will Provide Himself a Lamb"     36

(Abraham 1; Genesis 15-17; Genesis 21-22)

10   Birthright Blessings; Marriage in the Covenant (Genesis 24-29)     40

11   "How Can I Do This Great Wickedness?" (Genesis 34; Genesis 37-39)     46

12   "Fruitful in the Land of My Affliction" (Genesis 40-45)     51

13   Bondage, Passover, and Exodus (Exodus 1-3; Exodus 5-6; Exodus 11-14)     56

14   "Ye Shall Be a Peculiar Treasure unto Me" (Exodus 15-20; Exodus 32-34)     62

15   "Look to God and Live" (Numbers 11-14; Numbers 21:1-9)     68

16   "I Cannot Go Beyond the Word of the Lord" (Numbers 22-24; Numbers 31:1-16)     73

17   "Beware Lest Thou Forget" (Deuteronomy 6; Deuteronomy 8; Deuteronomy 11; Deuteronomy 32)     77

18   "Be Strong and of a Good Courage" (Joshua 1-6; Joshua 23-24)     82

19   The Reign of the Judges (Judges 2; Judges 4; Judges 6-7; Judges 13-16)     87

20   "All the City ... Doth Know That Thou Art a Virtuous Woman"     92

(Ruth; 1 Samuel 1)

21   God Will Honor Those Who Honor Him (1 Samuel 2-3; 1 Samuel 8)     96

22   "The Lord Looketh on the Heart" (1 Samuel 9-11; 1 Samuel 13; 1 Samuel 15-17)     101

23   "The Lord Be Between Thee and Me For Ever" (1 Samuel 18-20; 1 Samuel 23-24)     107

24   "Create in Me a Clean Heart" (2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51)     111

25   "Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord" (Psalms)     117

26   King Solomon: Man of Wisdom, Man of Foolishness (1 Kings 3; 1 Kings 5-11)     123

27   The Influence of Wicked and Righteous Leaders     128

(1 Kings 12-14; 2 Chronicles 17; 2 Chronicles 20)

28   "After the Fire a Still Small Voice" (1 Kings 17-19)     134

29   "He Took Up ... the Mantle of Elijah" (2 Kings 2; 2 Kings 5-6)     139

30   "Come to the House of the Lord" (2 Chronicles 29-30; 2 Chronicles 32; 2 Chronicles 34)     144

31   "Happy Is the Man That Findeth Wisdom" (Proverbs and Ecclesiastes)     151

32   "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (Job 1-2; Job 13; Job 19; Job 27; Job 42)     157

33   Sharing the Gospel with the World (Jonah 1-4; Micah 2; Micah 4-7)     162

34   "I Will Betroth Thee unto Me in Righteousness" (Hosea 1-3; Hosea 11; Hosea 13-14)     166

35   God Reveals His Secrets to His Prophets (Amos 3; Amos 7-9; Joel 2-3)     170

36   The Glory of Zion Will Be a Defense (Isaiah 1-6)     175

37   "Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things" (Isaiah 22; Isaiah 24-26; Isaiah 28-30)     179

38   "Beside Me There Is No Saviour" (Isaiah 40-49)     183

39   "How Beautiful upon the Mountains" (Isaiah 50-53)     187

40   "Enlarge the Place of Thy Tent" (Isaiah 54-56; Isaiah 63-65)     190

41   "I Have Made Thee This Day ... an Iron Pillar"     194

(Jeremiah 1-2; Jeremiah 15; Jeremiah 20; Jeremiah 26; Jeremiah 36-38)

42   "I Will Write It in Their Hearts" (Jeremiah 16; Jeremiah 23; Jeremiah 29; Jeremiah 31)     198

43   The Shepherds of Israel (Ezekiel 18; Ezekiel 34; Ezekiel 37)     201

44   "Every Thing Shall Live Whither the River Cometh"     207

(Ezekiel 43-44; Ezekiel 47)

45   "If I Perish, I Perish" (Daniel 1; Daniel 3; Daniel 6; Esther 3-5; Esther 7-8)     211

46   "A Kingdom, Which Shall Never Be Destroyed" (Daniel 2)     216

47   "Let Us Rise Up and Build" (Ezra 1-8; Nehemiah 1-2; Nehemiah 4; Nehemiah 6; Nehemiah 8)     220

48   "The Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord" (Zechariah 10-14; Malachi)     225



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