The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18
Statistics of the Bible.


The Scriptures have been translated into
one hundred and forty-eight languages and
! dialects, of which one hundred and twenty
one had, prior to the formation of the " Brit
/ ish and Foreign Bible Society,"" never ap-
/ peared. And twenty-five of these languages
existed without an alphabet in an oral form.
Upwards Of forty three millions Of these CO.
pies of Gods word are circulated among not
less than six hundred millions OF people
The first division of the Divine Oracles
/ into chapters and verses is attributed TO Ste
I phen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury,
in the reign Of King John, in the latter part
OF the twelfth century, or beginning Of the
thirteenth. Cardinal Hugo in the middle of
the thirteenth century, divided the Old Tes-
lament into chapters as they stand in our
translation. Ia 1861, Athias, a jew Of Am
StcrdaIn, divided the section of Hugo into
verses, as we now have them. Robert Ste
phens, French printer, had previously
G5jD divided the New Testament into
verses as they now are.
The Oid Testament contains 80 books,
929 chapters, %, 2l4 verses, jJ2, ,i39 words,
+ BPS. 100 letters.
The Nv Testament contains - books,
go chapters, 1853 verses, ls2, 253 words,
J3S $50 letters.
The entire Eib.c contains G6 books, J. ls9
chapters, 3l,l13 verses, 1852 words, 81
/ jG6 $50 letters.
The name Jehovah, or Lord, occurs C, $50
times in the Old Testament
The word Selah occurs 70 times in Psalms,
in Uabakkgh > times.
The word aud occurs in the Old Testa-
mont 81 ,5i3 times
In the New Testament 10, Gs; times, in
the Bible -, 227 times.
The middle book Of the Old Testament j.
Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the 29;h of JOB.
The middle verse is 2d Chronicles, 20th
The middle boor: Of the New Testament
The middle chapters are Romans l3 and
IL
The middle verse is Acts II : II.
The middle chapter, and the least in the
. Bible j. Psalms ! IL.
The middle verse in the Bible IS Psalms
lis: :.
lue middle line in the Bible is 2d Chroni-
c'es. / 10.
The least verse in the Old Testament il
lst Chronicles /: !.
The least verse IN the Bible is John Il: 81.
The l.th chapter Of I'd Kin : and Isaiah
37lh are the zane.
Ia the 2lSt verse Of the 9TH Of Ezra, are
al. the letters Of tie alphabet, ! and j being
. considered as one.
The APocrypha mot inspired, but some
times bound between the p'd Testament and
the New contains : books. lS3 chapters,
I".l,l verses. IJ2,ioj words.
The preceding ;actS were aScertaiUCi jy
q gentleman ia l.IS Also by an English
gentleman residing At Amsterdam, 1872, and
it Is said to have taken each gentleman near
j. three years ju the investigation.
There j. a Bible in the library Of the Uni
ygrs.ty Of GOttingen, written, on 5, 40 palm
leaves.
\ days journey was SO and 1-5 miles.
\ Sabbath days. journey was about an
English mile
Ez,kisrs Reed was eleven feet, nearly.
\ cutil j. - inches, nearly.
! span is / / inches, nearly.
y hands breadth is equal to three and
tivg-liguth inches
\ fingers breadth is equal to one|inch
\ >hekcl of Srver was about fifty cents.
y ~uck,l Of Gold was $500.
Q \ Talent Of Silver was 81, ,5lG.32.
E \ Talent of Gold was Sl3 3U9.
y Piece of Silver or a Penny was thirteen
cents.
\ Fartling was three cents.
\ Gcrah was one cent.
\ Mite was one and . half cents.
y Homer contains seventy-tive gallons
: and five pnts.
. An Epha or Bath contained seven gallons
and four putS.
y Hin was one gallon and two pints.
y FTkjn was seven Tnts.
e An Omer was six pints.
\ Cab was three pints.
y Log was one half pint.
a. n Of. .t,n la. s,Tg II
four.
lst. The Pentateuch, or the five books of
Moses.
ID The Historical Books, compri>ing
Joshua to Esther, inclusive.
Sd Poetical, or Doctrnal Books, from Job
to Song of Solomon, inclusive.
4th. Prophetical Books, from Isaiah to
Malachi.
The New Testament is usually divided into
three parts.
1st. Historical, containing the Four Cos
pels and Acts.
2d Doct,nal, comprising all the Epstles
from Romans to Judges.
3D. Prophetical, being the book of ReVe-
lati0n of 81. John.
The commemorative ordinances of the
Jews were
Circumcision the seal of the covenant
The Passover, to commemorate the pro-
lection of the lsraelites, when all the first
born of the Egyptians were destroyed.
The Feast of Tabernacles, instituted to
perpeuate the sojourning of the Israciites
L for forty years in the wilderness.
( The Feast of Pentacost, which was ap
pointed fifty days after the Passover, to com
! memorate the delivery of the Law from
' Mount Sinai.
d Feast of Purim, kept in memory of The
:; deliyerance of the Jews from the wicket
1t machinery of ilaman.
5 1872 it would have cost labornc man /;
wears labor TO purchase a Bible; as his pa.
" would only be Il pence per day, while TIM
n price of Bible was ESQ
= LETTERS OF BUsINEss.-In letters OF busi
ness, unless you write so as to be under
n stood, YOU write to no purpose; and 1t i
ID not enough that repeated perusals and clos
a. attention, on the part of your correspondent
OF shall at last give him a clue to your mean
$ ing. 1t should be perceived at glance
a, Aim, then, frs. of all, to make your word
r, express clearly the idea you intend, and nc
"A thing more. The one important thing
the fact or thought you wish to state; an
- nothing should be allowed to interfere wit
its clear expression Figures of speech ar
out Of place, and figures of arithmetic aion
ms ns alone allowable. A kind of simple eleganc
To- the highest beauty attanable in bushes
"a style, will result from the very plarnne:
:, and severity we recommend" H9"
60 iTrite."