The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-15

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The scriptures have been translated in
to one hundred and forty-eight languages
and dialects, of which one hundred and
twenty one had, prior to the formation of
the British and Foreign bible society. nev-
or appeared. And twenty-five of these
languages existed without an alphabet, in
IN oral form. Upwards of 43, 900, 900 of
those copies of Gods word are circulated
among not less than 600 900, 900 of people.
The first division of the divine orders
into chapters and verses is attributed to
Stephen Dangton, archbishop of Canter-
bury, in the reign of King John, in the
twelfth century, or beginning Of the thir-
teenth. Cardinal Hugo, in the middle of
the thirteenth century, divided the old
testament into chapters as they stand in
our translation. In 1861, Athias, a Jew
of Amsterdam divided the section of HUI
90 into verses. A French printer had
previously Q561) divided the new testa-
men, into verses as they now are.
The old testament contains 80 books,
929 chapters, 1924 verses, 592, ,439
words, 2,73S, 100 letters.
The new testament contains 27 books,
26O chapters, 1850 verses, 49,, ,252 words,
933, $3.50 letters.
I
1S9 chapters, 31,175 verses, 1862
words, 8, 1866, ,450 letters.
The name of Jehovah. or Lord, occurs
$3.50 times in the old testament.
The word and occurs in the old tesla
ment 35, 5,543 times.
The middle book Of the old testament il.
Proverbs
The middle chapter is the Goth of Job.
The middle verse IS II Chronicles, goth
chapter, 18th verse.
The middle book Of the new testament
is III Thessaonians
The middle chapters are Romans l3
and H.
The middle verse is Acts, II, I.
The middle chapter and the least in the
bible is Psalms, l, II.
The middle verse IN the bible is Psalms
11s,s
The middle line in the bible is II,
Chronicles, l, Is.
The least verse in the old testament is
1st Chronicles l, /.
The least verse in the new Testament is
John IL, 50.
The I9;h chapter I'd Kings and Isaiah
50, are the same
Ia the 2lst verse Of the 9TH chapter of
Ezra are all the letters of the alphabet, l
and being considered as one.
The Apocryha (not inspired, but some
times bould betweed the old and new tes-
tament) contains Ii books, 1873 ch ,pters,
l5.OSl verses, 1872, 185 letters.
The preceding facts were ascertained by
a gentleman in 17lS Also By an En-
glishman residing at Amsterdam in 177z,
and is seid to have taken each gentleman
man nearly three years in the investiga-
tiOn
There is bible in the library of the
University Of Gottingen written on 5,476
palm leaves.
A days journey was 33 and one fifth
miles.
Ezekiei's reed was nearly eleven feet in
length
A cubit is % inches, nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three and
fve-eighth inches.
a fnger's breadth is equal to one inch.
\ shekal of silver was about fifty
cents.
shekai Of gold was sS 90.
y talent of silver was s5l6 80.
A talent of gold was s13S 90.
y piece of silver or penny was thr-
teen cents.
A farth;ng was three cents.
A gerah was one cent
y mite was one and half cents.
"A homer contains seventy-fve gallons
and five piuts.
A hin was gallon and two pints.
a nepha or bath contai. seven gallons
and FIVE pints.
\ frkin was seven pints.
An omcr was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
A dog was one half pint.
The divisions of the old testament are
four.
i. Tentateuch, or the Ave books of No