Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-29
THE BIBLE.

There may be few of our subscribers
who are unacquainted with the biblical
facts, consequently we insert q few for
their special benefit. The Scriptures
have been translated into one hundred
and forty-eight languages and dialects,
of which one hundred and twenty.one
had, prior to the formation OF the Brit
ish Foreign Bible Society, never ap-
peared. And twenty-five of those lam
gusges existed without any oral
form. Upward of forty-three mil
lions Of these copies of Gods
work are circulated among not
less than six hundred millions Of
people. The first division OF the divine
orders into chapters and verses is at
tributed to Stephen LangtOn, archbishop
OF Canterbury, in the reign of King
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 Tes-
lament int chapters as they stand in
our translation. In 1861 Athias, Jew
of Amsterdam, divided the section of
Hugo in verses-a French printer had
previously, in I756, divided the New
Testament into verses as they now are.
The Old Testament contains 80 books,
929 chapters, %, ga verses, 592, 439 words,
and ;. 73S, 100 letters.
The New Testament contains q
books. go chapters, %, 214 verses, 1872
253 words, and 933, $50 letters.
The entire bible contains IS books,
Il90 chapters, ,I73 verses, 773, 692
words, and 3, $50. $50 letters.
The name of Jehovah, or Lord, occurs
$3.50 times in the Old Testament.
The word 'snd" occurs in the Old
Testament IS, 543 times.
The middle book Of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the Doth of Job.
The middle verse is the I'd Chronicles,
26th chapter, 18th verse.
The middle book OF the New Testi-
ment is ID Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans Is
and Il.
The middle verse is Acts Il: II.
The middle chapter, and the least in
the Bible. is Psalms l, II.
The middle verse in the bible is
Psalms, IS: S.
The least verse in the Old Testament
is First Chronicle, /: 25.
The least verse IN the bible is John,
Il: IS.
The nineteenth chapter of Second
Kings and Isaiah, 81, are the same.
In the tBenty-first verse Of the sew
enth chapter OF Ezra are ali the letters
OF the alphabet, l and considered as
one.
Apocrypha mot inspired, but some
times bound between the Old Tesla
ment and the New contains IL books,
IS3 chapters, 10, 0Sl verses, LIS, 1856 words.
The preceding facts were ascertained
bya gentleman in us; also by an Eng
lishman residing at Amsterdam, 1772,
and it is said TO have taken each gentle
man three years in the investigation.
There is bible in the library of the
university Of GOttengen written on
2476 pslm-leayes.
A shekle Of gold was IS 90.
A talent of silver was S5l6 80.
A talent Of gold was Sl3, 800.
A piece Of silver, or penny, was thir-
teen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A gerhem was one cent.
A mite was one and half cents.
A homer containsseventy-fi gallons
and five pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A ferkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
The divisions of the Old Testament
are four.
l. The Pentateuch, or the four books
of Moses.
.. The historical books, comprising
Joshua 20 Esther, Inclusive.
8. Poetical and dOctTinal books, from
Job to Songs of Solomon, inclusive.
The New Testament is usually divided
into three parts:
/. Historical, containing the four gos-
pels and Acts.
2. Doctrinal, containing all the epis-
ties from Romans to Judges.
3. Prophetieal, being the book Of Rev
elatiOn of st. John.