Reasons

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The Bible has been translated into over 1,200 languages.

 

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that's too bad

 

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The Bible is the best selling book of all time.

 

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people love to read shit

 

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The Bible was the first book ever printed. In 1454, Johannes Gutenberg invented the "type mold" print press and began to print the Bible. Life Magazine called this the single most important event of the second millennium.

 

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Stephen Langton first divided the Bible into chapters in 1228.

 

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The Old Testament was first divided by verses in 1448 and the New Testament in 1551.

 

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The first English Bible translation was initiated by John Wycliff in 1382 and completed by John Purvey in 1388.

 

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It takes about 70 hours to read the entire Bible.

 

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About 170,000 Bibles are distributed each day in the United States.

 

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The book of Isaiah is constructed much like the entire Bible.

 

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**Bible: 66 books.
**Isaiah: 66 chapters.

 

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Bible: First 39 books mainly concern Isreal.
Isaiah: First 39 chapters mainly concern Isreal.

 

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Bible: Last 27 books concern the life and coming of Jesus Christ.
**Isaiah: Last 27 chapters concern the life and coming of Jesus Christ.

 

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The first ever vocal radio broadcast on December 24, 1906
consisted of a reading from Luke chapter two.

 

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ForemanRules has read the bible cover to cover once.

 

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And read the new testament 6 times

 

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True story

 

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I plan to

 

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read it

 

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cover to cover

 

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in the near future

 

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Is is a very

 

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interesting book

 

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The last

 

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time I read the old testament

 

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was 15 years ago

 

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I have read bits and pieces since

 

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but really to start from the begining

 

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Psalms is a wonderful book.......