Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-20
Statistics of the Bible.
A READER of lions Herald, sums up thu
statistics of the Bible thus:

Inc scriptures nave Uetu Iralsialeu into on
hundred and forty-eight languages and dialect:
of which one hundred and twenty-one had, pri
or to the formation, of the British and Foreig
Bible Society," never appeared. And twenty
FIVE of these languages existed without an alpha
bet, in an oral form. Upwards of forty-thre
millions of these copies of Gods word are circu
lated among not less than six hundred million
of people.
The first division of the Divine Oracles int
chapters and verses is attributed to Stephel
Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reigl
of King John, in the latter part of the Twelfth
century, or beginning of the thirteenth. Oar
dinal Hugo in the middle of the thirteenth cen
tury, divided the Old Testament into chapter
as they stand in our translation. In 1861, Athi
as, Jew of Amsterdam, divided the section o
Hugo into verses, as we now have them. Rob
ert Stephens French printer, had previously
Q551) divided the New Testament into verse.
as they now are.
The Old Testament contains SO books 90!
chapters, 1924 verses, 522, ,439 words, 9,7zs,
100 letters.
The New Testament contains 27 books, 26(
chapters, 1859 verses, 1928 words, s3S,3sC
letters.
The entire Bible contains &C books, 1,lSs
chapters, 81 ,173 verses 773, ,692 words, 1886,
480 letters
The name Jehovah, or Lord, occurs 6,S55
times in the Old Testament.
The word Seldh occurs 70 times in Psalms, in
Habakkuk 3 times.
The word and occurs in the Old Testament
35,549 times.
In the New Testament 1864 times, in the
Bible 46,227 times.
The middle book of the Old Testament is
Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the Goth of Job.
The middle verse is I'd Chronicles, goth chap
ter, 18th verse.
The middle book of the New Testament is I'd
Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans 13 and IA.
The middle verse is Acts II: II.
The middle chapter, and the least in the Bible
is Psalms 1, II.
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms 118,
The middle line in the Bible is I'd Chronicles,
4:16.
The least verse in the Old Testament is 1st
Chronicles l: 1.
The least verse in the Bible is John II 95.
The 10Th chapter of I'd Kings and Isaiah 37th
are the same. .
In the 2lst verse of the 9TH of Ezra are all
the letters of the alphabet, and J being consi-
dered as one.
The Apocrypha (not inspired, but sometimes
bound between the Old Testament and the New
contains IA books, 1873 chapters, 1G,0S1 verses,
152, 1856 words.
The preceding facts were ascertaned by a
gentleman in 17lS. Also by an English gentle
man residing at Amsterdam, 1772, and it is said
to have taken each gentleman nearly three years
in the investigation.
There is a Bible in the library of the Univer-
sity of Gottingen, written on 5,476 palm leaves.
A DAYS journey was 33 and 10 miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about an English
mile.
Ezekiel's Reed was eleven feet, nearly.
Cubit is % inches, nearly.
A span is II inches, nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three and i've
eighth inches.
A fingers breadth is equal to one inch.
a Shekel of Silver. was about fifty cents.
A Shekel of Gold was $500.
A Talent of Silver was $1,516 80.
A Talent of Gold was S23,309.
A Piece of Silver or q Penny was thirteen
cents.
a Farthing was three cents.
Gerah was one cent.
A Mite was one and half cents.
A Homer contains seventy.fve gallons and
FIVE pints.
An Epha or Bath contained seven gallons and
four pints.
A Hin was one gallon and two pints.
A Firkin was seven pints.
An Omer was six pints.
A Cab was three pints.
A Log was one half pint.
The divisions of the Old Testament are four.
lst. The Pentateueh, or the five books of
Moses.
2nd. The Historical Books, comprising Joshua
to Esther, inclusive.
3rd Poetcal, or Doctrinal Books, from Job
to Song of Solomon, inclusive.
4th. Prophetical Books, from Isaiah to Ma
lach.
The New Testament is usually divided into
parts.
lst. Historical, containing the Four Gospels
and Acts.
2nd. Doctrinal, comprising oil the Epistles
from Romans to Judges.
3rd. Prophetical, being the book of Revelation
of st. John.
The commemorative ordinances of the Jews
were
Circumcision, the seal of the covenant with
Abraham.
The Passover, to commemorate the protection
of the Israelites, when all the first born of E
gyptians were destroyed.
The Feast of Tabernacles, instituted to perpe-
tuate the sojournng of the Israelites for forty
years in the wilderness.
The Feast of Pentecost, which was appointed
fifty days after the Passover, to commemorate
the delivery of the Law from Mount Sinai
Feast of Purim, kept in memory of the de
liverance OF the Jews from the wicked machina.
tions of Haman.