The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-17
The Holy Scriptures.

which III had, prior to the Formation,
of the British Foreign Bible Society
never appeared. And twenty five o
those languages existed without an al
phabet, in an oral form. Upwards OF
l3,oO0,0Oo Of these copies of Goa'.
word arc circulatcl among not les,
than G0O,000,ODn IF people.
Tho first division Of the Divine or
dcrs into chapters and verses is at
trlbutcd to Stephen Lmwton, Arch
Bishop of Canterbury, in the reign Of
k'ns John, in tho latter part OF the
twelfth century or beginning of the
thirteenth. Cardinal Hugo, in the
middle of the thirteenth century, di-
vldcd the old Testament into chapters
as they stand in our translation. In
1901, Athlas, u jew Of Amsterdam
divided the section of Hugo into
verscs-a lronch printer had rrcvi-
ously (l56D divided the New l'csta-
ment into verses as they now arc.
The Old Testament contains 80
books, 929 chapters, 23.2ll verses
592 ,l39 words, 2,13S, 100 letters.
Tho New Testament contains 81
books, 2G0 chapters, 1850 verses,
lS2,253 words, 933,3S0 letters.
The entire Bible contains GG books.
,l&0 chapters, 3l,l75 verses, IT,.
692 words, 3,5G5,.!S9 lettcrs.
| The name of Jehovah, or lord, oc-
cms 6,S55 times in the Old Tcsta-
mcnt.
The word ''and" occurs in the old
testament 81 i3 times.
The middle book of the Old Testa.
mcnt is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the Goth OF
job.
The middle verse is 81 Chronicles
29th cnartcr, l7th verse.
| The middle book of tho New Tc:,.
lament is 2nd ThcssaloninnS.
| The middle chapters arc Roman.
l3 and If.
| The middle verso is Acts III.
! The middle chapter, and the lcas.
IN the Bible, is Psalms In.
| The middle verse in the Bible is
Psalms 3l&.S.
The middle line in tha BILL. -
| Tho least verse mthc Old Tesla
mon, il lst rhrnniclcs III.
| The Last verse in the Bible is John
l5.,j.
The loth chapter Of End Kings and
Isaiah 3G are the same.
In the 2lst verse OF 7th of Ezra arc
all the letters of the alphabet, l. and
j. considered as one.
The Apocrypha (not inspired, but
sometimes bound between ;he Old
Testament and tho news contains II
books, Is, chapters, 1901 verses.
l53, ,l85 words.
The preceding facts were ascc, tain
cd by Il gentleman in l7lS. Also bv
an !ingliShman residing at Amstnr-
dam, me, and is said to have taken
each gentleman nearly three years in
the investigation.
There is Bible in The library of
the University of Gottingcn written
on 2l,7G palm leaves.
a days journey was 81 and Is
miles.
\ Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
Ezckicps reed was eleven feet near
| ly.
4 cubic is twcnty-two inc!c, noar.
ly.
y hands breadth is equal to three
and fivc-cighth inches.
a fingers breadth is equal. to one
inch.
\ shckcl of silver was about fit,
cents.
y shckcl OF gold was So o9.
~ talent OF silver was Sol6 81.
y talent OF gold was Sl",8oo.
y piece OF silver ora penny was
thirteen cents.
y farth'ng was three cents.
n gorah was one cent.
y mite was ono and half cent.
n homer contains scycnty-fivc gal
Ions and five pints.
y bin was one gallon and two plnts
a iirkin was seven plnts.
| An omcr was six pints.
| a cab was three pints.
| "A dog was one halfpint.
The divisions OF the old Tcstamcn
arc four F: