Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-04-24
@elieiolls Department.
THE BIBLE.

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Biblical facts, consequently we insert
them for their enlightenment. The
Scriptures have been translated into l4S |
languages and dialects, of which l2l |
had, prior to the formation of the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society, never ap-
peared. twenty-five of these languages
existed without an oral form. Upward
of 100000 of these copies are cir
culated among not less than 6O0,OO0,000
of people.
The first division of the Divine order
into chapters and verses is attributed to
Stephen LangtOn. Archbishop of Can
terbury, in the reign of King John, in
the latter part of the twelfth or begin
ming Of the thirteenth century. Cardi-
nal Hugo, in the middle of the thir-
teenth century, divided the Old Testa-
ment into chapters as they stand in our
translation. In 1861 Athias, a Jew of
Amsterdam, divided the section of HUI
90 into verses as they now are.
The Old Testament contains SO books,
939 chapters, 1924 verses, 592,4S9
words, and 2,73s, 100 letters.
The New Testament contains q books
27O chapters, 1851 verses, 1928
words, and 933, $50 letters.
The entire bible contains &C books,
100 chapters. 31,l74 verses, 753,692
words, and 3,565, 4S0 letters.
The name Of Jehovah, or Lord, occurs
$3.50 times in the Old Testament.
The word land" occurs in the Old
Testament 5,543 times.
: The middle book of the Old Tesla
ment is Proverbs.
r The middle chapter is the goth Of
, Job.
b The middle verse is in I'd Chronicles,
r 26th chapter, 18th verse.
= The middle book of the New Tesla
4 ment is Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are in Romans
IS 18th and l4th.
!. The middle verse is Acts IL: Ia.
" The middle chapter and the shortes
70 in the Bible is Psalms .: Il.
4 The middle verse IN the bible
st Psalmes Is Q.
1r The least verse in the Old Testamen
10 is in lst Chronicles, +: %.
e. The least verse in the Bible is job
Il: 50.
,h The tn chapter ia ID Kings and
h. Isaiah 9th are identical.
b. The 2lst verse in the 9TH chapter
RS Ezra contains all the letters of the q
phabet, ! and J considered as one.
ed The ApOcrypha mot inspired, b
ne. sometimes bound between the Old al
ed New Testament) has IA books, 1873 cha
7as tiers, l5,OSl verses, and los, lS5 worC
bic The preceding facts were ascertain
,ey by gentleman in l7l8, also by
nd Englishman residing in Amsterdam
in 1922, and it is said to have taken ca
,rm gentleman nearly three years in the
vestigation.
ned There is bible in the library of
The University of GOttingen written on
,ht, $40 palm leaves.
ing A shekel of gold was $500.
A talent of silver was s5l6.32.
first talent of gold was s19,SOO.
his A piece of silver or a penny was
ork. cents.
heir A farthing was three cents.
took A gerhem was one cent.
A mite was ID cents.
Glen A homer contained 70 gallons an
Knit plnts.
ONE, A hin was gallon and two pints
rong A frkin was pints.
own An omar was 6 pints.
con- The divisions of the Old Testar
Pru- are four, as follows:
her l. The Pentateueh, or the four b
she of Moses.
sang 2. The historical books, compri
Joshua to Esther, inclusive.
irhed 8. Poetical and doctrinal books
In Job to Songs of Solomon, inclusive.
sus- 4. Prophetical books from Isaia
10 as Malachi
S. The New Testament is usually d
orror, ed into three parts, viz:
in the l. Historical, containing the
Bruin Gospels and Acts.
EN- to 2. DoctrInal, comprising all
e old Epistles from Romans to Jude.
!. She 8. PrUphetical, being the Boo
sides Revelations of st. John.
wards -------
beor A HOPEFUL TIME.-Perhaps M
waved mother who prays and longs and '
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