M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-02-06

MISCELLANEOUS.
BfbIIcaI CurlOsItles. 4.

A lannon's Jewish Rabbi named
MordecAi Nathan, adopted in 1888,
Hugo's chapters, and marked every
1fth verse with q figure.
10 1861, Athits, learned Jew Of
Amsterdam, in his edition of the lie.
brew Old Testiment, divided the sec.
'tionS Of Hugo into verses as we now
have them. Robort Stepens, a French
printer, h4d previously (l561} divided
the New Testament into verses as they
now are.
The above division CT the Bible into
chapters and verses, lei it be noted f,
are ofhuman authority aud were made
for convenience preference to concor.
dsnce, regardless oithe sense and cot.
nOction.
The Old Testament contains SO
books. 929 chapters, 1924 verses
t92.439 words 3,72s. 100 letters,
The New Testament contains 27
books. 260 chapters, 1850 verses,
1s9 263 words 933, $50 letters
The namo OF thovah OF Lord occurs
6,s55 time in the Old Testament.
The middle hook Of the Old TeStA.
ment iSProverbs.
The middle chapter 10 the twenty.
ninth oil Job.
The middle verse is second ChroD-
icleSs. Goth G. apter, 17th verse.
The middle book o! toe New Testa.
ment 10 second Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans
80. 1 xiv.
Tho middle versds 10 Acts ii. 7.
The middle chapter, and the least
II tho Bible, is Pssim i, II.
The middle verse in the Bible 10
Psalm exviii, 8.
The middle line in the Bible 10 Sec.
ond Chronicles iv, Is.
The least verass in the Bible 10
John ri, 3S.
The ninsteeth chapter of Second
Kings and isaiah xxxvii are the same.
In thetwenty:frist verso ofthe 7th
chapter Of Ezra are the letters OF the
Alphabet, | and j considered ss one.
The Apocrsphy, (not inspired, but
sometimes bound beteen the Old Tes:
timent and the New,) contains IA
books, 1873 chapters, 16,6Sl verses,
lB2,1s5 words,
The preceding facts were asertain-
I'd BY Q getleman in 1918. Also by
an EhRliShman residing at. A Amsterdam
in l733, and it 10 said to have taken
each gentleman three years in the in.
VsRtiRaliOn.
There is Bible 10 the University
written ON 5,476 palm leaves.
a days journey was e3} miles.
A Sabbath day1 journey was about
40 English mile.
Esekisl'S reed was eleYen ieet near.
j..
A cubit 10 80 inches nearly.
A hand breadth 10 equal to 4 SO
inches.
A dugsrbreadth is equal to one
inch.
a Sheckle Of silver Vas about so
cents.
A Uheckle Of gold was @8 %.
A talent Of silver was. 81 $40 80.
A talent Of gold was $13S09.
A piece Of silver, or penny Wal
thifteeR cents,
A Farthing was three cents.
A Gefah was one cent,
A Mite was one and half cents.
A Homar contained seventy five
gallons and Ave pints,
An Epha. or Bath. contained sever
gsllons and Ave pipts.
A Hin Was one gallon and tw
pints.
An Omer was six pints.
A Cab was threo pints.
A Log was one half pint.
The Old Tessment has four diviG
Ions.
1st. The Pen'ateuch, or the fv
books Of Moses.
Cd. The Historical books, comprisin
Joshua to Esther, inclusive.
Srd. Postical o: doctrinai books
from Job to Songs ofSolomon, inclu
sivs.
4th. Propheteal, books from Isaia
TO Malachi.
The New Testament is usually di
vided into three parts.
let. Historical, containing the fou
Gospels and Acts.
Cd. DOctrinal, competing all tn
Epi,tles from Romans to Jude.
Sd. Prophetical, being the Book {
Revelations of st John.
The Commemorative Ordinance
efths jews were.
Circumcision, the seat ofthe Co,
snant with Abraham.
The Passover. to commemorate, III
protection ef the lraralites, when th
hrst born Of ths Egyptians were ii
stroyed.
The Feast of p pntiroat. which uS