The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-04-10
The Bible Some statistics.

A reader of Zton's Herald sums up
the statistics Of the lible us follows:
"Jhe Scriptures have tcen translated IN
10 l49 languages and dialects. Of which III
had, prior TO the formation Of the British
Foreign Bible Society, never appeared. -
And twenty-five of these languages existed
without an alphabet, in an oral form. Up
wards of 43,00O,0C0 of those copies OF God :
word are circulated among not less than
G00,000,O00 of people.
The first division of the DivEa orders in-
to chapters and verses, Is attributed TO Ste
phen Langton, Archbishop of Canter bury,
in the reign Of King John, in the later
part of the 18th century, or the beginning
Of the 18th. Cardinal Hugo, in the middle
of the 18th century, divided the old testa-
ment into chapters, as they stand in our
translation. In 1861, .Athias, Jew of
Amsterdam, dividedsections Of Auso into
verses-a French printer had previously
(l5GIl divided the new testament into yers-
es as they are at present.
The Old Testament contains 80 books,
929 chapters, 2S, pa verses, J92, 439 words,
and =, 738, 100 letters.
The New Testament contains 81 books
260 chapters, 1850 verses, 1872, 253 words,
and 933, $50 letters.
The entire Bible contains 65 books 26Q
chapters, I $50 verses, 1928 words, and
| 1896, 480 letters. ...
Tie name of Jehovah or Lord, occurs
| 1855 times in the Old Testament.
The word and occurs in the Old Testa-
ment 35,543 times,
The middle book of the Old Testament, is
! Proverbs. &C..
The middle chapter is the 90 Of Job.
The middle verse is I'd Chronicles, 2Ott
chapter, 18th verse.
The middle book Of tie New Testament
| is I'd Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans 18th anc
14th.
The middle verse as Acts II: I.
| The middle chapter and the least In tfe
| Bible, is Psalm H..
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms
l18:8.
The middle line in the Bible il I'd Chron
The least verse in the Old Testament is
st Chronicles, l: /.
The least verse in the Bible is John il
| So
The 10th chapter Of ID Kings and Isaiah
2G, are the same. .
In the 2lst verse of the Tth chapter o
Ezra. are all the letters of the alphabet,
and j being considered as one.
The Apocrypha mot inspired, but come
times bound between the Old Testamcn
and the New, contains ID books, 1873 chap
ters. l5,08l verses, l52 ls5 words.
The proceeding facts were ascertained BY
n gentlemen in 1918. Also by an English
man resiiing at Amsterdam, in l772, and j
is said to have taken each gentleman nearly
three years in the investigation.
There is a bible in the library of the Uni
versity of Gottengen, written on 5; ;476 paln
leaves.
A days journeys was 33 is miles,
|. A Sabbath days journeys was about oil
English mile
lszekiel's reed was eleven feet nearly.
A hands breadth is fqual to three anL
FIVE eighths inches.
A cnhit is % inches. nearly.
A fingers breadth is equal to one inch,
A shekel Of silver was obout fifty centA
A shekel Of gold was $50
A talent Of silver was $5l6,32.
A talent of gold was Sl5S,09.
A piece of silver or 9 penny, was thirtecr
cents. ~'
A gerah was one cent.
A mite was one and half cents.
A homer contains IS gallcps and tive
pints.
A nepha or bath contains seven gallon
ard FIVE pints.
A hin was one gallon and two plnts.
A firkln was seven plntS.
An omeT was SIX pints,
A cab was three pints.
. dno uoS opn half mint
1 he divisions Of the old Testament art
four:
|. The Pentateuch, or the FIVE books OIL
Moses
2 1he historical hroks, comprising Josh
ua TO Esther, inclusive.
8 Poetical and doctrinal books, from Jot
TO song of Solomon, inclusive
a. PROPHECIES; byoks, from Isaiah to Nal
achi, inclusive. n.
The New Testament is usually ciyidec
| into three parts:
/. Historical containing the four gospels
and Acts. =
.. Doctrinal, comprising all the epistle'
from Romans to Jude.
3 ProYheical; being the book Of the Re
valations Of St. John.
| The commemorative ordinances of The
| 1eWS We're
Circumcision, the seal Of the covenant
with Abraham.
The passover 10 commemorate the pro
tection of the Israelites, when all the first
born Of the Egyptions were destroyed.
The Fest of the Tabernacle, instituted
to perpctuate the s9jor'1iing, of the Israel
tics, for forty years III The wilderness.
The feast of Aentecost, which was ap
pointed fifty days after the Passover. tt
commemorate the delivery Of the Law from
Mt Sinai.
Feast of Purim, kept in memory of tn,
delivcrance Of the Jews FROM the wicked
Vaccinations Of Haaman.
In 1872, it would have cot a laborinl
nlan thirteen years OF labor to purchase
Billie, as his pay would be only u penc
per day, while the price Of Bible wa
i