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Robert Estienne (Robert Stephanus) was the first to number the verses within each chapter, his verse numbers entering printed editions in 1551 (New Testament) and 1553 (Hebrew Bible). [ 24 ] Several modern publications of the Bible have eliminated numbering of chapters and verses.
Oct 20, 2021 · Taking the Bible at its word (and including events referenced in extra-canonical books) reveals a death count of 2,821,364, while the actual number, due to the text's having left out flood deaths, is probably pushing 24,994,828.
Jun 24, 2024 · How Many Chapters Are There in the Bible? The Bible contains a total of 1,189 chapters divided between the Old Testament and the New Testament — plus additional chapters in the Apocrypha. The Old Testament comprises 929 chapters across 39 books in standard Protestant Bibles.
- Jacob Edson
- Where Verse and Chapter Numbers Came from
- How Do Verse Numbers Affect Our Reading of The Bible?
- Experiment For Yourself and See
Chapter and verse numbers are such a familiar (and useful) part of Bible reading that we rarely give them much conscious thought. In fact, verse numbers are so integral to the way we talk about Scripture that it’s hard to imagine the Bible without them. But those numbers haven’t always been there. The Old Testament has long been organized into sect...
The history of Bible reference numbers may be interesting in its own right (at least to Bible scholars and history geeks), but it’s also had an important influence on the ways that each of us reads the Bible today. Not everyone is happy with the chapter/verse numbering system—and in fact, it’s worth taking a moment to consider some of the implicati...
Here’s a very simple experiment you can conduct to get you thinking: turn off the display of chapter and verse numbers on Bible Gateway and see how it does or doesn’t change your reading experience. Here’s how to do that on Bible Gateway. Does it feel strange to read Scripture without the verse numbers? Is it a more natural way to read, or do you r...
Exodus 18:14 chapter context similar meaning "And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?"
Numbers 16:49 KJV: Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Feb 9, 2024 · Meaning of Numbers in the Bible. Let’s take a brief look at the most common numbers found in Scripture and their biblical meanings. Number 1: Symbolic of unity (Deuteronomy 6:4). God is one, Jesus and the Father are one, etc. Number 2: Symbolic of a witness (Exodus 25:22; Matthew 26:60; Luke 10:1).
