The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-27
BIBLE STATISTICS.

i aNoluliiS ucteUtlOn OIL lne way.
BIBLE STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts Cleaned from tho Old
/ AMI Now Testamenis.
After the bishops translation Of
l56S-15s9, nothing further in that line
was accomplished until 16O0-1610,
when the Roman Catholics brought
out the Douay Bible, so called because
it was printed at a city Of that name.
a year later, in 1911, the English
press issued the King James revision.
The translation of 1911 has remained
the standard up even to this day, not
wltiistanding the recent revision, the
merit Of which rests almost wholly on
the fact that ''hcll" was changed to
"hadcs."
Tie Bible of today (Old Testament)
contains 80 books, 929 chapters, q, 214
verses, 592,439 words and 2,738. 100
letters.
The New Testament has 81 books.
go chapters, 1867 verses, l32, 253
words and 933, $3.50 letters.
In speaking Of the Bible it is gencr
ally understood that We mean the two
books, the Old and tho New Tesla.
nlcnt, which. taken collectively, have
G6 books, 1889 chapters, 81, l73 verses,
7773. G92 words and 5, 56G, $50 letters.
The word Lord, or its equivalent,
Jehovah, occurs 1898 times in the
Old Testament; or, to be more exact,
the word Lord occurs 1853 times. and
the word jehovah 5,S45 times.
THE A p (f ssaifisStsspre d. but but,
s0iiitiliilcs bound with the inspired
lor,i"n>) contains IA books, 1888 chap.
tcrs l5,OSl verses and 1853, 1856 words.
The shortest chapter in the Bible,
and which is also the middle chapter,
is Psalm III. The middle verse is
Psalm xviii. s.
The shortest verse in the Old Tesla.
ment ! Chronicles j, 25; shortest in
New Testament is John ri, IS.
The ninth verse Of the eighth clap.
ter of Esther is the longest verse in
the entire work.
The word ''and' occurs IS, 543 times
III the Old Testament and tho word
reverend" but once.
Most commentators, in fact all that
the writer has ever consulted, say
that the word girl" is to bc found
but once between the first chapter of
Genesis and tho last chapter of Mali.
chin tie third verse Of the third
chapter Of Jool. This, however, is a
mistake, Which can be proven by turn.
in:- - tie fifth verse of the eighth
cli,:.cr ni Zacharihh.
! Four verses of tho 10th Psalm-the
S,h. l:ti!. 2lst and 3lst-are exactly
ali!:;', ;::rl the Both chapter of Isaiah
al IL" 18th chapter Of II Kings are
alike.
| H." a';:,ve curious facts in regard
tp /. ." number Of chapters, verses,
%'',!:' and letters in the Holy Book
v,is' ;sccrtaincd by tho Prince Of
-. ada, heir to the Spanish throne,
y. ,A.;;; for tlirty-three years q pris.
.::.:' i'll t..c Palace of Skulls, Madrid.
Ma no companion except his Bible.
."!rh i" faithfully peruscd and dis,
humanity.
.A!tcr Il great deal of laborious re.
:>.s.ll am enabled TO give the follow
!'.,r explanations Of obscure Bible
terms:
The cubit, according to Sir Isaac
Newton, was 20, CPS English inches.
i y fingers breadth was inch.
y sW,n was inches.
y slic!scl of silver was about 40 cents
OF our United States money.
| \ shckcl Of gold was $500.
The talent of gold was $13, 500.
The talent Of silver was $5l6.32.
The mite was about a II cents.
| The gcrln.n 1 cent.
| The farthing was 8 cents.
u T!e weights and measures of the
same good old days were:
nc ncpha contained gallons and
5pints.
The homer Is gallons and 5 pints.
The omcr 6 pints.
The bath was the same as the nepha
The hin was l gallon and pints. The
lirkin Z pints and the cup 3 pints.
There are nine books and one psalm
mentioned in the Bible which arc now
lost to the world.
The book of Jasher, mentioned in
Joshua X, Is, and II Samuel j. 1S.
}, The book Of lido, the Seer, to which
reference is made twice in II Chron.
iclc>-in il. % and xii, Is.
Tie prophcsies Of Ahijah. See II
Chronicles X, 20.
The book Of Nathan, the Prophet.
See US above.
Book Of Sllcnlaiah, mentioned in II
Chronicles xii, Is.
| Book Of Jehu. See II Chronicles
IN. 81.
s'olonon's five books on natural
history. See II Kings iv, 31-35.
The prophecy Of Enoch. See
Jude, II.
The book Of tho wars of the Lord.
See Numbers xxi, IA. The psalm men,
toned in several places but not found
in the Bible is tho 15lst.
There arc many other curious facts
in regard to the Bible that would in
'r.s~,t the reader, but space forbids
f.. i.cr reference to them here.
enough has been said to convince any.
o. an inquiring turn of mind that
tic old Bible is not the dryest book in
the world after all..-John w. Wright
inst. Louis Republic.