Appendix B - How do I find that in the Bible?

I have followed the standard use for listing references to Bible passages. The only exception is that I enclose them in square brackets for emphasis. For example, [Luke 2:1-7].

Bible passages are identified by book, chapter, and verse. Using an example in this book, we have Luke 2:1-7. First is the name of the book, Luke. Second is the chapter, 2. Then we have a colon (:) to separate the chapter and verse. Next is the verse(s). In this case, we have verses 1 through 7. The hyphen (-) is our “through” marker. To find the book of Luke, you can look in the table of contents at the front of your Bible to find the page where the book begins. Sometimes in other writings the book names will be abbreviated. Once you find the book, the chapter numbers will be large numbers and the verses will be small numbers within the chapter. 

Sometimes you will be given an entire chapter or a group of chapters. In that case, there will be no colon to tell you the verse numbers. An example in this book is Ruth 1-4. This tells you that you want chapters 1 through 4, or the whole book of Ruth.

When you see a semicolon (;), it’s telling you that there are multiple passages to look up. If the semicolon is followed by numbers, you stay in the same book and go to another chapter. An example in this book is Acts 6:8-7:1; 7:54-60.  This is telling you to read the book of Acts, chapter 6 verse 8 through chapter 7 verse 1, and then continue with chapter 7 verses 54 through 60.

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