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Hebrew Old Testament (Westminster Leningrad Codex) in four parts (large print): Genesis to Deuteronomy, Joshua to 2 Chronicles, Ezra to Song of Solomon, Isaiah to Malachi. The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew that survives today, using the Masoretic Text and Tiberian vocalization. Thus, we can conclude that the Leningrad Codex is the preserved word of God to humanity. For “the words of the LORD [God] are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD [God], thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalm 12:6, 7. And “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doethit, that men should fear before [have reverential awe for] him.” Ecclesiastes 3:14. According to the Leningrad Codex’s colophon, it was made in Cairo, Egypt, in 1008 A.D. (or possibly 1009 A.D.). In modern times, the Leningrad Codex is significant as being the same as the Hebrew text reproduced in Biblia Hebraica (1937), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1977), and Biblia Hebraica Quinta (2004–present). Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) text which is in the public domain, and thus is not copyrighted nor are permissions needed for its use, was obtained from blueletterbible.org. The WLC Hebrew text is a digital version of the Leningrad Codex developed by the Westminster Hebrew Institute (https://students.wts.edu/resources/alangroves/grovesprojects.html) and made available by The J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research (https://www.grovescenter.org/). This version is based on the January, 2016 WLC v4.20 release.