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  • Books of the Bible

    This is a book-chapter-verse (BCV) system for Bible references. Just as Strunk and White popularized, “Omit unnecessary words,” so this system omits unnecessary characters.

    01.Genesis Ge
    02.Exodus Ex
    03.Leviticus Le
    04.Numbers Nu
    05.Deuteronomy De
    06.Joshua Jo
    07.Judges Jug
    08.Ruth Ru
    09.1-Samuel 1S
    10.2-Samuel 2S
    11.1-Kings 1K
    12.2-Kings 2K
    13.1-Chronicles 1Ch
    14.2-Chronicles 2Ch
    15.Ezra Ezr
    16.Nehemiah Ne
    17.Esther Es
    18.Job Job
    19.Psalms Ps
    20.Proverbs Pr
    21.Ecclesiastes Ec
    22.Song-of-Solomon So
    23.Isaiah Is
    24.Jeremiah Je
    25.Lamentations La
    26.Ezekiel Eze
    27.Daniel Da
    28.Hosea Ho
    29.Joel Joe
    30.Amos Am
    31.Obadiah Ob
    32.Jonah Jon
    33.Micah Mi
    34.Nahum Na
    35.Habakkuk Hb
    36.Zephaniah Zp
    37.Haggai Hg
    38.Zechariah Zc
    39.Malachi Ml
    40.Matthew Mt
    41.Mark Mk
    42.Luke Lu
    43.John Jh
    44.Acts Ac
    45.Romans Ro
    46.1-Corinthians 1Co
    47.2-Corinthians 2Co
    48.Galatians Ga
    49.Ephesians Ep
    50.Philippians Php
    51.Colossians Co
    52.1-Thessalonians 1Th
    53.2-Thessalonians 2Th
    54.1-Timothy 1Ti
    55.2-Timothy 2Ti
    56.Titus Ti
    57.Philemon Phe
    58.Hebrews He
    59.James Ja
    60.1-Peter 1P
    61.2-Peter 2P
    62.1-John 1J
    63.2-John 2J
    64.3-John 3J
    65.Jude Jue
    66.Revelation Re

    Prepending the book number, zero-padded, adds a little redundancy that also adds important information, conveyed in only two characters. Seeing the order in which the book appears in Bibles is very helpful to find the book in a codex.

    Finally, zero-padding chapters and verses (as necessary) perfects sorting, e.g. 19Ps 001:1–6, 19Ps 100:1–5, 19Ps 102:01–28, 19Ps 119:001–176, 57Phe 1:01–25. 643J 1:01–14.

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  • TIL leading crop producers of the USA. Format is state crop, percentage of US production.

    CA grapes, 99%
    AR rice, 49%
    ND & KS wheat, 33%
    IA corn, 16%

    Via @NYTimes mini-crossword Wed 2021.09.29

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