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Curiosities of the Bible

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 19.

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Curiosities of the Bible

The Bible contains 3,566,480 letters, 773,746 words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chapters, and 66 books. The word and occurs 46,277 times. The word Lord occurs 1,855 times. The word reverend occurs but once, which is in the ninth verse of the one hundred eleventh psalm. The middle verse is the eighth verse of the one hundred eighteenth psalm. The twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra contains all the letters of the alphabet, except the letter J. The longest verse is the ninth verse of the eighth chapter of Esther. The shortest verse is the thirty-fifth verse of the eleventh chapter of St. John. There are no words nor names of more than six syllables.