Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-06-09
The Holy Scriptures.

languages and dialects, of which 12l had prior
to the formation of the British Foreign Bible
Society never appeared. And twenty five of
those languages existed without an alphabet
In an oral form. Upwards of 43, 600, 600 of these
copies OF Gods word are circulated among not
less than 100000, 900 of people. The first di.
vision of the Divine orders into chapters and
verses is attributed to Stephen Langton, Arch.
bishop of Canterbury, in the reign of King John
III the latter part of the twelfth century or ce-
ginning of the thirteen. Cardinal Hugo in the
middle Of the 18th century, divided the Old
Testament into chapters as they stand in our
translation. In 1861, Athas. a Jew of Anster-
dam divided the section of Hugo into verses
French printer had previously (l56l) divided
the New Testament in verses as they now are.
The Old Testament contains 80 books. 929
chapters, 1924 verses, 592439 words, 9. .839, 100
letters.
The New Testament contains 27 books, 26O-
chapters, 1850 verses, l81, 1858 words, 943, $50
letters
The entire Bible contains &C books, l,Is9
chapters 81, ,l75 verses, ia, ,692 words, 1865
4S9 letters.
The name of Jehovah, or Lord, occurs 6,S55
times in the Old Testament.
The word ''and" occurs in the Old Testament
IS, 543 times.
The middle book of the Old Testament is
Proverbs -l
The middle chapter is the 29th of Job.
The middle verse is II Chronicles, 29th
chapter, 17th verse.
The middle book of the New Testament il
I'd Thessalonians -
The middle chapters are Romans I3 and ID
The middle verse is Acts Hi.
The middle chapter, and the least in the
Bible, is Psalms, Iii.
The middle verse in the Bible is Palms
3lS:S.
The middle line in the Bible is 81 Chronicles
1:16
The last verse in the Old Testament is LIST
Chronicles IL
The last verse in the Bible is John 1875.
The 10Th chapter of I'd Kings and Isaiah sc
are the same. t-s--I
In the 9th verse of 7th 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,) contains IA books, 1873 chapters l5,03l
verses, 153, l95 words. = -.
The preceding facts were ascertained by a
gentleman IN IT'S, also by an Englishman re-
siding at Amsterdam, 1772 and is said to have
taken each gentleman nearly three years in the
investigation.
There is a Bible in the library of the Univer.
sity OF Gottingen written on 2,476 palm leaves.
A day journey was 33 and l-5 miles.
A Sabbath day journey was about an Eng
lish mile.
Ezekiels reed was eleven feet nearly.
( A cubic IS twenty inches nearly.
A hand $ breadth is equal to three and Eve
eighth inches. t1I II ---7
A fingers breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel of silver was about fifty cents
A shekel Of gold was So O9.
A talent of silver was $5l6 80.
A talent of gold was $l3,8O9
A piece OF silver or a 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 gallons and FIVE
pints.
A nepha or bath contains seven gallons and
FIVE pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pnts.
hrkln was seven pints.
An omer was SIX pintS.
"A cab was three pints
A dog was one-half pint.
The divisions of the Old Testament are four.
l. The Pentateuch, or the four books of
Moses
2. The historical books, comprising Joshua
to Esther inclusive.
3. Poetical or doctrinal books, from Job to
Songs of Solomon, inclusive
4. Prophetical books, from Isaiah to Mala-
chi.
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
we're:
Circumcision, the seal of the covenant with
Abraham
The Passover, to commemorate the protec-
ton of the Israeities, when all the first born of
the Egyptians were destroyed.
The feast of Tabernacles instituted to per-
petuate the sojourning of the Israelities for
forty years in the wilderness.
The feast of the Penticost, which was ap-
pointed fifty years after the Passover, to COM
memorate the delivery of the law from Mount
Sinai.
Feast of Purim, kept in memory of the Jews
from the wicked Vaccinations of Haman
In 1912, it would have cost laboring man
thirteen years of labor to purchase Bible as
his pay would only be II pence per day, while
the price of Bible was f2.
Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to the
scorner, and dumb to those who are mischievous.
ly inquisitive.