New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-29
atntlaties ee the Rsble.

Statistics OF the BfbIe.
a { Reader \ Of zion's Herald sums up the sta
tistics of the Bible thus
The Scriptures have been translated into one
hundred and forty-eight languages and dialects of
which one hundred and twenty lone had, prior to
the formation of the g British Foreign Bible So.
Ciety,s never appeared. And twenty-five of these
languages existed without an alphabet, in an oral
form Upwards Of forty three millions Of those |
copies Of Gods word are circulated among not
less than SIX hundred millions Of people.
The first division of the divine orders into chap
fers and verses is attributed to Stephen Langton,
arehbishop Of Canterbury, il 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 Testament into chapters as they stand in our
translation, u 1861, Athias. 3 jew Of Amster-
dam divided the section of Hugo into verses al
French printer had previously (l56l) divided the |
New Testament into versesas theytnow are.
The Old Testament contains 50 books, 929 chap
ters 8 2l4 verses, 592 39 words, 2,738 100 letters
The New Testament contains ~ books. 260
chapters, 1850 verses, ls2,25s words, 935;Ss0
letters.
The entire Bible contains &c books, 1889
chapters 3l,lT5 verses, n 1872 words, 1866 ,4SO
letters.
Tie name Of Jehovah. or Lord occurs 1855
times in the Old Testament.
The word t4andn occurs in the Old Testament
g So ,5A3 times.
Ths middle book of the Old Testament Is Pro-
verbs.
AlluGlS clltpleI lis Hl4 AJtlt OEs eJUUs4 E
The middle verse Is I'd Chronicles, 10th chapter
l7th verse.
The middle book Of the New Testament is I'd
Thesselonisns
The middle chapters are Romans 18th and 14th.
The middle verse is Acts ll:s7.
The middle chapter and the least in the Bible is
Psalms j, III.
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms 31s: s.
The middle line in the Bible is ID Chronicles
ME least verse in tie old Testament i 1st
Tar -Fs-STai las II : : ~ W
The least verse in the Bible is John III. 335.
The 18th chapter Of ID Kings and Isaiah S6th
are the same.
letters Of the alphabet and considered as one.
The apocrypha (not inspired, but sometimes
bound between the Old Testament and the NeW,)
contains "a books, ls3 chapters, l5,Osl verses,
l62, ,I85 words.
The preceding facts were ascertained by gen
slaniaIl in 171S. Also, by an Englishman residing
lit Amsterdam, l7T2, and it is said to have taken
each gentleman nearly three years in the inVesti-
There Is u Bible ID tile library Of the University
Of Gottingen written On 5476 palm leaves.
"a Days Journey was 3S and 10 miles,.
Sabbath day journey was about an English
miIe
Ezskie1'g reed was eleven feet, nearly.
a oubit is % inches, nearly.
"a hands breadth is equal to three and five
eighth inches.
fingers breadth is equal to one inch.
shekel Of gold was So 90.
"A talent of silver was S5l6 81. Fl
talent Of gold was Sl3 sos.
A pieee of silver or a penny was thirteen cents.
a farthing was three cents.
"a gerah was one cent.
A mite was one and a half cents.
homer contains seventy five gallons and five
4 piIlts
Ar epha Or bath contains seven gallons and five
pints.
a hin was one gallon and two pints.
a. ffrkin was seven pints
An orneF was six plnts.
a cab was three pints.
"a dog was onehalf pint.
The divisions of the Old Testament are four.
lst. The Pentatench, or the five books of Moses.
ID. The historical books, comprising Joshua TO
Esther inclusive.
Sd. POetieai or doctrinal books, from job to
Songs Of Solomon. inclusive,
4th. Propheteal books, from Isaiah to Malachi
The New Testament is usually divided into
lat Historical, containing the four Gospels and
Acts.
"a. Doetrinal, comprising all the Episaes from
Roman to Jude.
81. Prophslical being the book Of Revelations
of st. John.
The commemorative ordinances Of the jew
Circumcision, the seal Of the covenant witl
Abraham.
The passover, to commemorate the protectiol
Of the Israeteas when al the first born ot tn
Engntians were destroyed,
The feast Of Tabernaees, instituted to perpetu
ate the soiourning Of the lsraei1tes for forty year
Ia the wilderness.
The feast of Pentecost, which was appointe
fifty days after the passover, TO CONNIE em0rate tn
delivery Of the Law from Mount sinia.
Feast Of Pnrim, kept in memory OF the deliver
anee Of the Jews from the wicked naenlnatlon
IN l272, II would have cost laboring man thil
teen years labor to purchase Bible q Z, his pa
would only be II pence per day while the Pflo
of q Bible WaH A20. Texas Baptist.
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TIE BALLEr AND THE LADIES. The New Yor
correspondent Of the Mobile Advertiser writes 8
follows Of the ballet:
4 The Black Crock as play, Is the silliei
trash q ever listened To- Any ordinary schoolbo
could write d better dialogue, and the plot is tn
same that we have seen ia dozens of devil drama
before. But the scenery and transformations az
too gorgeous TO be described. Nothing approach
ing them was ever Witnessed in New ! ofk. An
the ballet ALL that is the attraction. 1t
beautiful. ravshing, glorious and indecent-pal
tieulally the latter have no time for details, bt
must mention one danee-the dance-the Demo
Danee.n This might be called a model artist
exhibition. Four beautiful and magnificent
formed girls (fFom Paris1 come on the stage,
tights, aud dance for tenor fifteen minutes. "a pal
of their bodies is eneased in red silk iiggers
some sort, but that only makes them the more a
fraotige | was astonshed 10 see hundreds &
fashionable and very respectable looking ladie
watching this exhibition with the deepest interes
There was time when American fades woul
leave the theater at once il such q scene wer
nrasanted to them. But cur ladies' visit Par
str NV than Of yore and beain To like Par
z
customs very well indeed. a woman who woul
consider herself grossly if asked how 81
liked Adah MenRen ia 4 dazeppal = will take ind
fsnifs delight in looking AT The e Demon Dance
And YETI am not sure the Menken exhibition
Yeaily more indecent than the one ! saw at Nihlc
on Saturday night. Ihe 8ienken was not faahio
abla. tfle Parisians are, and perhaps that explai
s1sg oT,r bellies take their opera glasses to Nihlt
every night. ao-.-.
TaE CosT or 4 BoYAI tAAIIY,-itis o lue
4hinr for file American treasury that this count
Has iio royal family to support. In England |
people are complaining bitterly tan5 q df wbas bab e
have TO pay ier ToyFly y ps gsaes ss u exnsnStpr
ineIuding hef civil list, q 600 year, |
Duchess Of Cambridge sS9 o o9G, M ths & DaCaess s q.
brisee sea.900. Prineaas Mary Of Cambrtd
Sic, ,6o0 5Hs princess royal 10000 oPd Princess AZ
000 tie Prince Of Wales 800 ego 5Etnoess " oes
Wales $50 900, King of the Regans s25o IA ny ggo,
OF which amounts 10 an annual total OF 81 ,el5,O
and Il swollen by other personal pensions
$3000,000.