Biblical Cariosities.
The "Church Union" furnishes, the following information for students of the Bible:
In the English Bible (St. James's version) there are 1,189 chapters, 31,173 verses, and 773,592 words. ' . • ''.-" ''':'-. The word "and" occurs 46,277 times } and the word " Lord " occurs 1,855 times. • The "ivdrd " reverend " dccTirs in Psalm cxi, 9. If it occurs in any other place in the Bible, will some Biblical scholar please inform us where ? The middle verse of the Bibß is Psalni cxviii, 8, and is Well worth committing to memory : " It is better to trust in tbe Lofd than to put confidence in man." The longest word in the Bible js found in Isaiah viii, 1, and is Maher^halalhashbai. The shortest book of the Old Testament isObadiah. • ■
The shortest book in the New Testament is thesecond epistle of John. " All is vanity " ocburs twenty-five times in Ecclesiastes, and is the leading thought, of the book. : ;'
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 254, 29 October 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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151Biblical Cariosities. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 254, 29 October 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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