# Meaning First Bible > A source-first Bible translation and study reader. Names and key terms are > rendered by their MEANING in the original Hebrew/Greek ("In-The-Beginning" > for Genesis, "He-Who-Is-Saves" for Joshua), with word studies, a > concordance and original-language tools. Published by Meaning First > Ministries. Site: https://meaningfirstbible.com ## How to link to a verse (the URL pattern) The reader is a single-page app routed by URL FRAGMENT. The canonical verse address is: https://meaningfirstbible.com/#.. e.g. https://meaningfirstbible.com/#john.7.19 https://meaningfirstbible.com/#psalms.23.1 https://meaningfirstbible.com/#1kings.19.12 Path-shaped links are served as real HTML pages (the chapter's text, the verse highlighted, canonical link, and a button into the reader) — use these when a citation should be readable without JavaScript or indexable: https://meaningfirstbible.com/bible/// chapter page, verse highlighted https://meaningfirstbible.com/bible// chapter page https://meaningfirstbible.com/bible/ chapter 1 e.g. https://meaningfirstbible.com/bible/john/7/19 Chapter pages are listed in https://meaningfirstbible.com/sitemap.xml. Rules: - is one of the ids below: lowercase, no spaces, no punctuation; the numbered books are 1samuel, 2kings, 1corinthians, 3john ... (digit first). - and are plain integers. Verse numbering follows the HEBREW (Masoretic) versification for the Old Testament — e.g. Joel 2:28 (English) is joel.3.1 and Malachi 4:1 is malachi.3.19. In psalms that carry a title, the title is verse 1, so English Psalm 3:1 is psalms.3.2. - Ranges are not part of the address; link to the first verse of a range. - A whole chapter: use verse 1 (/#psalms.23.1). A whole book: chapter 1 verse 1. Stability promise: this file is the source of truth for the link pattern. If the address shape ever changes, every form documented here KEEPS RESOLVING (old forms redirect to the new one), and the current form is always stated here first. Agents that cache a pattern should re-read this file rather than guess; agents that only cache a URL can keep using either form above. ## Book ids id | name | meaning-first name | chapters -- | ---- | ------------------ | -------- **The Teachings** genesis | Genesis | In-The-Beginning | 50 exodus | Exodus | Names | 40 leviticus | Leviticus | And-He-Called | 27 numbers | Numbers | In-The-Wilderness | 36 deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | Words | 34 **Former Prophets** joshua | Joshua | He-Who-Is-Saves | 24 judges | Judges | Judges | 21 1samuel | 1 Samuel | Heard-of-God | 31 2samuel | 2 Samuel | Heard-of-God | 24 1kings | 1 Kings | Kings | 22 2kings | 2 Kings | Kings | 25 **Latter Prophets** isaiah | Isaiah | Salvation-of-He-Who-Is | 66 jeremiah | Jeremiah | He-Who-Is-Will-Rise | 52 ezekiel | Ezekiel | God-Will-Strengthen | 48 hosea | Hosea | | 14 joel | Joel | | 4 amos | Amos | | 9 obadiah | Obadiah | | 1 jonah | Jonah | | 4 micah | Micah | | 7 nahum | Nahum | | 3 habakkuk | Habakkuk | | 3 zephaniah | Zephaniah | | 3 haggai | Haggai | | 2 zechariah | Zechariah | | 14 malachi | Malachi | | 3 **The Psalms** psalms | Psalms | | 150 job | Job | The-Assailed-One | 42 proverbs | Proverbs | Sayings | 31 ruth | Ruth | Companion | 4 songofsongs | Song of Songs | Song-of-Songs | 8 ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes | The-Collector | 12 lamentations | Lamentations | How! | 5 esther | Esther | Myrtle | 10 daniel | Daniel | My-God-Has-Judged | 12 ezra | Ezra | Help-He-Who-Is-Comforts | 10 nehemiah | Nehemiah | Help-He-Who-Is-Comforts | 13 1chronicles | 1 Chronicles | Words-of-the-Days | 29 2chronicles | 2 Chronicles | Words-of-the-Days | 36 **The Good News** matthew | Matthew | according to Gift-of-He-Who-Is | 28 mark | Mark | according to Mark | 16 luke | Luke | according to Luke | 24 john | John | according to He-Who-Is-Has-Shown-Favor | 21 **Acts** acts | Acts | Acts of the Sent-Ones | 28 **Pauline Epistles** romans | Romans | Letter to the Romans | 16 1corinthians | 1 Corinthians | 1st Letter to the Corinthians | 16 2corinthians | 2 Corinthians | 2nd Letter to the Corinthians | 13 galatians | Galatians | Letter to the Gauls | 6 ephesians | Ephesians | Letter to the Ephesians | 6 philippians | Philippians | Letter to the Lover-of-Horses-City | 4 colossians | Colossians | Letter to the Colossians | 4 1thessalonians | 1 Thessalonians | 1st Letter to the Thessalonians | 5 2thessalonians | 2 Thessalonians | 2nd Letter to the Thessalonians | 3 1timothy | 1 Timothy | 1st Letter to Honoring-God | 6 2timothy | 2 Timothy | 2nd Letter to Honoring-God | 4 titus | Titus | Letter to Titus | 3 philemon | Philemon | Letter to Affectionate | 1 **Hebrews** hebrews | Hebrews | Letter to the Crossers | 13 **General Epistles** james | James | Letter of Heel-Grabber | 5 1peter | 1 Peter | 1st Letter of Stone | 5 2peter | 2 Peter | 2nd Letter of Stone | 3 1john | 1 John | 1st Letter of He-Who-Is-Has-Shown-Favor | 5 2john | 2 John | 2nd Letter of He-Who-Is-Has-Shown-Favor | 1 3john | 3 John | 3rd Letter of He-Who-Is-Has-Shown-Favor | 1 jude | Jude | Letter of Praise | 1 **Revelation** revelation | Revelation | Unveiling of He-Who-Is-Saves the Anointed | 22 ## Other stable addresses - https://meaningfirstbible.com/ the reader (resumes the visitor's last position) - https://meaningfirstbible.com/robots.txt crawler policy - https://meaningfirstbible.com/llms.txt this file (generated by tools/build_llms_txt.py) ## Attribution Meaning First Bible, Meaning First Ministries. The English base text is the Berean Standard Bible (public domain) with meaning-first renderings of names and key terms; original-language data is MACULA Hebrew/Greek (CC BY 4.0).