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With regard to the verse references provided on the left and right margins of the Arabic Bible; did they exist in the original text, or were they added later on by others to help interpret the Holy Bible?

The Holy Bible was not written in the form we have in our hands today. The Holy Bible is a collection of several books and letters written over a long period of time. In the early compilation of the Holy Bible, there were no margins with references nor even verses as we have them now. It was just a flow of words.

These divisions and margin references were added later to facilitate reading and studying the Holy Scriptures.