editors put the chapters and verses in the bible.
editors put the chapters and verses in the bible.
who put the chapters and verses in the bible?
editors
the bible is a compilation of many shorter books written at different times by a variety of authors, and later assembled into the biblical canon. since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of the bible present all but the shortest of these books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length. since the mid-16th century editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses - each consisting of a few short lines or sentences. sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of , and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of .
chapters and verses of the bible
bullet::::- is the longest verse in the masoretic text. the discovery of several manuscripts at qumran (in the dead sea scrolls) has reopened what is considered the most original text of 1 samuel 11; if one believes that those manuscripts better preserve the text, several verses in 1 samuel 11 surpass esther 8:9 in length.









































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bullet::::- bible









































bullet::::- bible citation









































bullet::::- list of omitted bible verses









































bullet::::- parashah









































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bullet::::- how many words in each book of the bible sortable table of data about chapters, verses, words, and other info on each bible book









































bullet::::- step documentation
chapters and verses of the bible