It always looked so weird to me, like, who not just read the Bible like a proper book instead of having all of those numbering?

I guess it’s because it makes easy to find some specific line? But that is from an academic perspective instead of something you would put in a faith book?

When did that started and why they put all the numbering?

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    1 year ago

    I don’t know where the Bible’s numbering in particular comes from, but it’s common in ancient texts. It helped with navigating long works before the printing press gave us exact pagination.