The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-01-23

Tur Sca,prurss- The Scriptures nave
been translated into one hundred n:. an -
forty-eight languages and dlalec's, y
wh;ch one hundred and twenty-one nao'
nr;ar 70 the formation Of the br'ttlsn
Foreign Bible Society-never appeared
And twenty five Of those languages e1'
;sted without alphabet in an oral ior'n'
T Inv Of forty-three millions OF these
cnn;es Of Gods word are circulated
among not less than six hundred NIL
'' The first division of the Divine orders
into chapters and verses is attributed
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. Card,'
nal Hugo, in the middle of the thirteenth
century divided the Odd Testament
into chapters as they stand IN our
translation. In 1861, Athens, a Jew
Of Amsterdam, divided the section OF
lingo into verses-a French printer
had previously (l56l) divided the New
Testament into verses as they now are.
The Old Testament contains thirty
nine books 629 chapters, 1924 Verses,
500 439 words, 2,73s, 100 letters.
The New TestemeDt contains II
books, go chapters, 1861 verses, l32,
253 words, 933, $50 letters.
The entire Bible contains 66 books.
1899 chapters, 3l,l73 verses, 1852
words 1866, $50 letters.
The name of jehovah, or Lord, oc-
curs 1855 times in the Old Testament.
The word "and" occurs in the Old
Testament 35'543 times
The midle book of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle chapter is the Goth of Job.
The middle verse is 2pd Chronicles,
Goth chapter, 18th verse.
The middle book of the New test.
ament is Cd Thesalonians.
Tie middle chapters are Romans Ii
and L.
The middle verse is Acts ll:1.
The middle chapter, and the least in
the Bible, is Psalms III
The middle verse in the Bible is
Paslms 1873
The least verse in the Old Testment
is chronicles :25
The least verse in the Bible is John
ii :35.
The 18th chapter Of Cd Kings and
Isaiah 81 are the same
In the 2lst verse of the 7th chapter
Of Ezra are all the letters Of the alpha
bet, and J considered as one.
The Apocrypha mot inspired. but
sometimes bound between the Old
Testament and the New contains II
books, ls3 chapters. 1901 verses,
1873 s5 words.
The preceding facts were asccrtainci
bv a gentleman in Ills. Also hv an
Englishman residing at Amsterdam
lie. and is said to have taken cae,
gentleman nearly three years in the in
vestigaiion.
There is Bible in the library of the
University Of Gottingen written on g.
476 palm leaves.
A days journey was thirty.three and
onc-ffth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet, nearly.
A cubit is twenty-five inches. nearly
A hands breadth is equal to three
and five-eighth inches.
A fingers beadth is equal to one inch.
a shekel of silver was about fifty
cnts.
A shekel Of gold was S. 90.
A talent of silver was $5l6 80.
A talent Of gold was $l3 500
A piece Of silver or a penny was
cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A german was one cent.
A mite was one and a half cents
a homer contains seventy-fve gall
ons and five pints.
A nepha or bath contains seven gal.
ons and five pints.
A hin was one gallon and two pints
A ferkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cup was three pints.
The divisions Of the Old Testament
are four -
The pcntatanch or %bo c,u. h,ol-