Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-15
BIBLE STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts Cleaned from the Old
aud New ~Iestam.nts.

Interesting Facts Gleamed from the Old
aud New T~estam-nis.
After the bishops translation OF
l56S-l5S9, nothing further in hat line
wa accomplished until lG09-l6l0,
when the Roman Catholics brought
out the D0uay Bible. SO called because
1t 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
outstanding the recent revision, the
merit of which rests almost wholly on
the fact that hell was changed to
shades"
Tie Bible of today (Old TESTAMENT
contains 80 books. 929 chapters. %. 2lI
verses, SOP, 439 words and 2,73S. 100
letters.
The New Testament has q books.
go chapters, 1867 verses. 1872, 253
words and 9}3,3s letters.
In speaking Of the Bible il is gener.
ally understood that we mean the two
books, the Old aud the New Tesla.
ment, which, taken collectively, have
GO books, L,l99 chapters, 81, lT3 verses,
U3,G92 words and 3. jG6. $50 letters.
The word Lord, OF its equivalent,
jehovah, occurs 1893 times in the
Old Testament; or, 10 be more exact,
the word Lord occurs l,S53 times, and
the word jehovah 5,Si5 times.
The Apocrypha t~rejected by the
Council Of Nice as uninspired, but
sometimes bound with the inspired
portions contains II books. 1873 chap
tiers. lj.0Sl verses and l53, 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 XII, 35.
The ninth verse Of the eighth chap.
ter Of Esther is the longest verse in
the entire work.
The word ''and" occurs 35, 5I3 times
in the Old Testament and the word
reverend" but once.
Most commentators, in fact all that
the writer has ever consulted, say
that the word girl is 10 be found
but once between the first chapter Of
Genesis and the last chapter of Mali
chin the third verse Of the third
chapter Of Joel. This, however, is a
mistake, which can be proven by turn
ing to the fifth verse Of the eighth
chapter of Zachariah.
Four verses of the 10th Psalm-the
9Th, 18th. Slst and 31st-are exactly
alike, and the seth chapter Of Isaiah
and the 10Th chapter Of ii Kings are
alike.
The above curious facts in regard
TO the number Of chapters, verses,
words and letters in the Holy Book
were a~scertained by the Prince of
Granada, heir 10 the Spanish throne,
who was for thirty.three years n pris.
oner in the Palace of Skulls, Madrid,
with no companion except his Bible,
which he faithfully perused and dis
sected for the benefit gilmore fortunate
humanity.
After n great deal Of laborious re-
search ! am enabled 10 give thefollow-
ing explanations of obscure Bible
terms;
The cuJil, according 70 Sir Isaac
Newton, was 90, G25 English inches.
A fingers breadth was ] inch.
A span was s inches.
A sheEel Of silver was about 40 cents
Of our United States money.
A shcl;Cl Of gold was $500.
Tho talent VI gold was $13. 500.
Tho tll1ut Of silver was $516.32.
Tic mi.e was about a / 4 cents.
The gurhcm 1 cent.
THO farthing was 3 cents.
The weigbls and measures Of the