The Van Buren press., 1874-07-14
The Holy Scriptures.

Society-never appeared. And twenty.
five of those languages existed without
an alphabet in an oral form. Upward
of forty three millions 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 attributed to
Stephen Langton. Archbishop Of Capter-
bury, in the reign of King John, in the
lstter part of the twelfth century or be
ginning Of the thirteenth. Cardinal HUI
go, in the middle of the thirteenth centu
nv. divided the Old Testament into chap.
ters as they stand in our translation. In
1861, Athias, q dew of Amsterdam, divi
ded the'sectlon CT Hugo into verses-a
French printer had previously (l56l d.
vided the New Testament into verses as
they now are.
The Old Testament contains thirty
nine books, 929 chapters, 23,2l4 verses,
500, ,439 words, 2,73S 100 letters.
The New Testament contains 81 books,
270 chapters, !,764 verses. 1928
words 933, $50 letters
The entire Bible contains sc books,
l,199 chapters, 3l.l73 verses, 1862
words, 1866 480 lettsrs.
The name of Jehovah, or Lord, occurs
6,S55 times in the Old Testament.
The word land" occurs in the Old
Testament 35, 543 times.
The middle book Of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the goth of dob
The middle verse is I'd Chronicles,
10Th chapter, l7th verse.
The middle book Of the New Testa-
ment is % Thessaonans.
The middle chapters are Romans i3
and IA.
The middle verse is Acts IL 7.
The middle chapter, and the least in
the Bible, is Psalms 1T.
The middle verse in the Bible is Psalms
1873.
The least verse in the Old Testament
is lst Chronicles l: 25.
The least verse in the Bible is John
II :35.
The 10Th chapter Of I'd Kings and lsa
iah 81 are the same
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 Tcsta.
ment and the new, contains IA books.
1873 chapters, l5,0Sl verses, l53,lS5
words.
The preceding facts were ascertained
by gentleman In 1918. Also by an
Englishman residing at Amsterdam in
1872, and it is said to have taken each
gentleman nearly three years in the in.
vestigaton.
There is Blb'e in the library Of the
University of Gottingen written on 2.470
palm leaves
A days journey was thirty three and
one fifth miles
A Sabbath days journey was about an
English mile.
Ezekie's reed was eleven feet nearly.
A cubt is twenty two inches nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three and
five eighths inches
A fingers breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel Of silver was about fifty cts
A shekel Of gold was IS 90.
A talent of silver was S5l6 81.
Aetalent of gold was Sl3,SO9.
a piece OF silver or penny was thlr
teen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A german was one cent.
A mite was one and half cent
A homer contains seventy five gallons
and five pints.
A naptha or bath contains seven gal
Ions and five pints.
A hin was one gallon and two pints.
A frkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cup was three pints.
The divisions OF the Old Testament
are four:
|. The Penteuch or the four books OF
Moses.
9. The historical books, comprising
Joshua to Esther inclusive.
3. Poetical or doctrinal books, from
Job TO Songs Of Solomon. inclusive.
Prophetical bcoks, from Isaiah to
Malachi.
The New Testament is usually divided
into three parts:
|. Historical, containing the four pos.
pels and acts.
2. Doctrinal, comprising the epistles,
from Romans to Judges.
8. Prophetcal, being the book Of Rev
elatiGns Of ST. John.
The commemorative ordinances OF the
Jews were:
Circumcision, the seal Of the covenant
with Abraham.
The Passover, to commemorate the
prediction Of the Israelites, when all the
first born Of the Egyptians we're de-
stroyed.
The feast of Tabernacles, instituted to
perpetuate the sojourning Of the Israel
ties for forty years in the wilderness.
The feast Of Pentecost, which was ap
pointed fifty years after the Passover, to
commemorate the delivery Of the law
from Mount Sinai
The feast Of Purim, kept In memory ol
the dcliverance Of the Jews from the
wicked Vaccinations Of Haman.
In 1879 it would have cost a laboring
man several years of labor to purchase
Bible, as his pay would only be one and
one half pence per day, while the price ol
a Bible was e.
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