diff --git a/src/lib/components/ScriptureViewSofria.svelte b/src/lib/components/ScriptureViewSofria.svelte
index 56005618..91bcc2c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ScriptureViewSofria.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ScriptureViewSofria.svelte
@@ -529,10 +529,12 @@ LOGGING:
             const spanV = document.createElement('span');
             spanV.classList.add('v');
             // 'number' can be a range of verse numbers
-            const numbers = element.atts['number']
-                .split(verseRangeSeparator)
-                .map((x) => numerals.formatNumber(numeralSystem, x));
-            spanV.innerText = numbers.join(verseRangeSeparator);
+            spanV.innerText = numerals.formatNumberRange(
+                numeralSystem,
+                element.atts['number'],
+                direction
+            );
+
             const spanVsp = document.createElement('span');
             spanVsp.classList.add('vsp');
             spanVsp.innerText = '\u00A0'; // &nbsp
diff --git a/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.test.ts b/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.test.ts
index 7bf3ce7a..e1ed7e27 100644
--- a/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { getStyle } from './configUtils';
 import * as num from './numeralSystem';
 
 test('fromString returns Oriya correctly', () => {
@@ -20,6 +19,16 @@ test('formatNumber to khmer', () => {
     );
 });
 
+test('formatNumberRange with separator', () => {
+    expect(num.formatNumberRange(num.NumeralSystemData.DEFAULT, '4-7', 'ltr')).toBe('4-7');
+});
+
+test('formatNumberRange with separator and rtl', () => {
+    expect(num.formatNumberRange(num.NumeralSystemData.DEFAULT, '4-7', 'rtl')).toBe(
+        '\u200F4\u200F-7'
+    );
+});
+
 test('systemForBook gets numeralSystem from book collection', () => {
     const config = {
         bookCollections: [
diff --git a/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.ts b/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.ts
index ba512bda..f5bc0c43 100644
--- a/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.ts
+++ b/src/lib/scripts/numeralSystem.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,35 @@ export function systemForBook(config: any, collection: string, book: string): Nu
     return systemFromString(system);
 }
 
+export function formatNumberRange(system: NumeralSystem, value: string, direction: string) {
+    // Regular expression to match a single number or a range
+    const match = value.match(/^(\d+)(.*?)(\d+)?$/);
+
+    if (!match) {
+        throw new Error(
+            'Input value must be a single number or a range separated by valid characters.'
+        );
+    }
+
+    const [, firstNumber, separator, secondNumber] = match;
+
+    // Format the first number
+    const formattedFirst = formatNumber(system, firstNumber);
+
+    if (!secondNumber) {
+        // If there's no second number, return the single formatted number
+        return formattedFirst;
+    }
+
+    // Format the second number and join them with the captured separator
+    const formattedSecond = formatNumber(system, secondNumber);
+    // Proskomma is not including the RTL marker in the number range.
+    // For RTL, this matches the formatting that the native app does.
+    return direction.toLowerCase() === 'rtl'
+        ? `\u200F${formattedFirst}\u200F${separator}${formattedSecond}`
+        : `${formattedFirst}${separator}${formattedSecond}`;
+}
+
 export function formatNumber(system: NumeralSystem, value: string): any {
     let fmt = '';
     for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {