Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-04-25
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
The Scriptures have been translated into 14s
languages and dialects, of which 12l had, prior to
the formation Of the British Foreign Bible Society,"
never appeared. And twenty-five Of those Ian.
guages existed without an alphabet, in an oral
form. Upwards of 43, ,0O0, 900 Of these copies OF
Gods word are circulated among not less than
6O0, 600, 900 of people.
The first division of the Divine orders into chap
ters and verses is attributed to Stephen Langton,
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. In 1861, Athias, Jew Of Amster-
dam, divided the section of Hugo into verses-a
French printer had previously (l56l) divided the
New Testament into verses as they now are.
The Old Testament contains 80 books, 929 chap
ters, 23,2l4 verses, 592439 words, 273s, 100 let
ters. j. ~
The New Testament contains q books, 2eO
chapters, 1850 verses, words, 933, $50 let
tiers.
The entire Bible contains 66 books 1,lS9 chap
ters, It's verses, 764 692 words 1866, let
ters. 80 -
The name of Jehovah, or Lord, occurs 6,S55
times in the Old Testament. -
The word ''and'' occurs in the Old Testament
The middle book of the Old Testament is Pro-
verbs
The middle chapter is the 29th of Job.
The middle verse is I'd Chronicles seth chapter
and 18th verse.
The middle book of the New Testament is End
Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans 13 and IA.
The middle verse is Acts IL: Z.
The middle chapter, and the least in the Bible,
is Psalms II.
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms 3ls: 8.
The middle line in the Bible is End Chronicles
1:16.
The least verse in the Old Testament is LIST
Chronicles l.
The least verse in the Bible is John Is: IS.
The 18th chapter of End Kings and Isaiah 36
In the 2lst verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra are
all the letters of the Alphabet, and considered
as one
The Apocrypha mot inspired, but sometimes
bound between the Old Testament and the New, J
contains IA books, 1873 chapters, l5,O5l verses,
l53, 1876 words.
The preceding facts were ascertained by gen
tleman in l71S. Also by an Eng[shman residing
at Amsterdam, l772, and is said to have taken
each gentleman nearly three years in the investga-
ton.
There is o Bible in the library of the University
of Gottingen written on 2,476 palm leaves
A days journey was "a and is miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about an English
mile.
EzekieTs reed was eleven feet nearly.
A cubic is twenty-five inches nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three and five
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 $5l6.32
A talent of gold was $l3,S09
A piece Of silver or penny was thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A gorah was one cent.
A mite was one and half cent
A homer contains seventy-fve gallons and five
pints ~
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
| A frkin was seven pints
An omer was Elk pints.
A cab was three pnts.
4 dog was a half pint.
| The divisions of the Old Testament are four:
/. The Pentateuch, or four books Of Moses.
9. The historical books, comprising Joshua to
Esther inclusive.
8. Poetical or doctrinal books from Job to Songs
of Solomon, inclusive.
| 4. Prophetical books, from Isaiah to Malachi.
The New Testament is usually divided into three
parts: :,
/. Historical, containing the four gospels and
acts.
2. Doctrinal, comprising all the epistles from
Romans to Jude.
8. Prophetical, being the book of Revelations
of St. John.
The commemorative ordinances of the Jews were:
Circumcision, the seal Of the covenant with A
braham.
The Passover, to commemorate the protection OF
the Israetes, when all the first born Of the Egyp-
tians were destroyed.
The feast of Tabernacles, instituted to perpetu-
ate the soournng of the lsraeites for forty years
in the wilderness.
The feast of the Pentecost, which was appointed
fifty years after the Passover, to commemorate the
delivery of the law from Mount Sinai.
Feast Of Purim, kept in memory Of the Jews
from the wicked Vaccinations of Haman.
In 1872, it would have cost laboring man thir-
teen years of labor to purchase Bible; as his
pay would only be II pence per day, while the
price of Bible was 1922.