Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1888 — Some Bible Facts. [ARTICLE]

Some Bible Facts.

The books of the Old Testament, 39. The books of the New Testament, 27 Words in the Old Testament, 592,480. Verses in the Old Testament, 23,241. Verses in the New Testament, 7,959. Chapters in the Old Testament, 829. Chapters in the New Testament, 26Q. Letters in the New Testament, 888,820. Words in the New Testament, 181,253. ' ■ - '• ' Letters in the Old Testament, 2,728,100. Theword “Jehovah” occurs 6,865 times. ■■ The middle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs. The middle chapter of the Old Testament is Job xxix. The shortest verse in the New Testament is John xL, 35. The middle verse of the New Testamentis Acts xxii., 17. ———- The longest verse in the Old Testament is Esther viii., 9. ~ " The middle chapter and shortest in the Bible is Psalm t-xvii. The middle book of the New Testa-