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STATISTIC. or The BIBLE.

A Reader of lions HsraLi, sums up
the statistics Of the Bible thu.
The Scriptures have been translated into
one hundred aud forty ei .ht languages aud
dialects, Of which one hundred and twenty
one had, prior 10 the formation of the
British and Foreign Bible Soci.ty,' never
appeared And twesty FIVE Of these Ian
gusges existed without an alphabet, in an
oral form Upwards Of forty ihrs. millions
Of these copies Of Gods word are cir culated
among not less than six hundred millions of
people.
The FIRST division of the Divine Oracle.
iuto chapters sod ver.ss is attributed 10
Stephen Lsngton Archbishop Of Cauterbury.
in the reign OF King john, in the latter part
Of the twelfth century, or beginning o. the
thirteenth. Cardinal Hugo 10 the middle
Of the thirteenth century, divided the Old
Testament iuto chapter. as they staud 10
our translation In 1861, Athias, Jew Of
Amsterdam, divided the section Of Hugo
into verses, as We now have them. Robert
Stephens, French printer, bai previously
QJJl) divided the New Testa,ament into
verses Is they nov are.
The Old Testament contsin. - books
929 chapters, 2S.2i4 verses, 5Z2, ,439 words
9,72s, 90 letters
The New Testament con,sins % hooks,
2G0 chapters, 1853 verses, ls2 ,252 word.
SIS $50 lettsrs
The entire Bible contain, 80 books, .Isg
chapters, 81, l73 verses, 773 CO., words, TO-
5GG 4es letters.
The name Jehovah, or Lord occurs s55
timrs in the Old Te.tsmeut
The werd Slab occurs 20 times in Psalms,
in Hatakkuk 3 times
The word and occurs iu the Old Testa
! Dent IS, ,j43 times
10 the New Testament lO,654 times, iu
the Bible 40 227 times
The middle hook Of the old Testameut
| is Proverbs
The middle chapter j. the 2oth of job
The middle verso is I'd Chronicles, roth
! chapter, l7th verse.
The middle book Of the New Tesiausnt
| is I'd Tbessaioniabs
The middle chapters are Romans 10 and
"a.
The middle verse is Acts ~ i7
The middle chapter, aud the least in the
! Bible is Psslms /. II
The middle verse 10 the Bible 10 Psalms
/ lIs,s
The middle line in the Bible is % Chroni
! elss 10.
The least verse 10 the Old TestamenI il.
/ IH Chronicles I
TIE least verse in ,Ls Bible il John II
35.
The 10Th chsptsr Of "a Kings and IsAi.b
| 37tb are the same
10 the 2ist verse of the 7tb Of Era. are
! all the letters of the alpLsbct | and } he.
/ IDg considered ~ sus.
The Apoeryphs loot Inspired, bat Sums.
| ;inss hound bstuesb the Old Testament
aud the Nerl coutsins ~ books. I-3 chap
/ ters 10 6OSI verses, l521sj sords
The preceding facts we're sscersipsd ~ .
/ gsutlcBsu 10 l5ls Also by sn English
! gentleman r,siding at AtnsteTosm. io I77Z
and it - said 20 hsys tstso sseh Eebtismsb
bcsrly three ytsrs 10 the invsstis s.tion
There 10 Bibls ~ the library e the
! Unitsrsity Of GoiuugsB, written on $40
palm leaves.
a days journey vas 80 aud ! miles
A Ssbbsth dsys JoufIsy vas about su
/ EngliIh mile
Efekisls Reed vas tlevsn f.tt, nearly
A Cubit il 22 inches, IssTly
A pan j. II iuchts LssTiy
A haods trssdth is ,qosl 70 three sbd fv.
. eighth iuebes
A 6bFtrs tTssdih is 'qlsl 10 oss ineh
A Sbstsl - SILVER va shoot fny oen:s
A Sbsksl of Gold uas e. o.
A Tslsbi n Silver uss ~ 5iG %
A Talent of Gold vas el3 800
z a Piece of Silver or Pebby va tLiritta .
esbts.
A Fsrihibg Wss three cents.
A GcFas rs oos esnl
4 Mite sss one sbd bali csots
Homer contains 'sVsniy,dys gallons
3 sbd Ave pints.
/ IN Epbs or i.stb eobtsibed seveb gsliobs
I sud four pots
A Iim u,s oos gallon aud tu0 IibO
\ A Rifkin uas seven piDts
! An OmsT vas sir pats
a CAB sss three pihts-
A Log sAs obs hsif pint.
TIE divisions of the Ola Tsstsmsat a..
fsur.
lee The psb,a,sBsb ~ The Eve books oi
Noes
2ud The His,o'iesl Books, eompfisisg 4