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JEWISH RULES FOR COPYING THE ORIGINAL AND SUBSEQUENT OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS
1. The parchment must be made from the skin of clean animals; must be prepared by a Jew only, and the skins must be fastened together by strings taken from clean animals.
2. Each column must have no less than 48 nor more than 60 lines. The entire copy must be first lined . . . .
3. The ink must be of no other color than black, and it must be prepared according to a special recipe.
4. No word nor letter could be written from memory, the scribe must have an authentic copy before him, and he must read and pronounce aloud each word before writing it.
5. He must reverently wipe his pen each time before writing the word for 'God' [which is Elohim] and he must wash his whole body before writing the name 'Yahweh' [which is translated “LORD” in our KING JAMES BIBLE] lest the Holy Name be contaminated.
6. Strict rules were given concerning forms of the letters, spaces between letters, words, and sections, the use of the pen, the colour of the parchment, etc.
7. The revision of a roll must be made within 30 days after the work was finished; otherwise it was worthless. One mistake on a sheet condemned the sheet; if three mistakes were found on any page, the entire manuscript was condemned.
8. Every word and every letter was counted,“Some of these rules may appear extreme and absurd , yet they show how sacred the Holy Word of the Old Testament was to its custodians, the Jews (Romans 3:2), and they give us strong encouragement to believe that WE HAVE THE REAL OLD TESTAMENT , THE SAME WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD.”
(General Bible Introduction H.S Miller 1960 pges 184-185)
(Notice that. The words and letters were counted. Think of counting all the letters on every page of the Hebrew Old Testament. Talk about exactness. Yet that was the method God used to preserve the Old Testament, and if a letter were omitted, an extra letter inserted, or if one letter touched another, the manuscript was condemned and destroyed at once.)
D.A Waite, Th.D.,PhDJourney,
That is nice to hear but when were these standards established?
I ask because there are significant deviations even in the earliest manuscripts that are in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
j42
we are so very lucky that most of the believers did not follow this ridicule process ,
and that most of them copied the scriptures for their own use ,like the Kings did ,Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 18 2013,03:20) Journey, That is nice to hear but when were these standards established?
I ask because there are significant deviations even in the earliest manuscripts that are in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Kerwin.When the jews copied from the original scrolls.
After thats done;the washings and etc,etc does not apply,anymore.All this will not benefit us spiritually.
wakeup.
Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,06:40) j42 we are so very lucky that most of the believers did not follow this ridicule process ,
and that most of them copied the scriptures for their own use ,like the Kings did ,
PierreRidiculous?
The Word of God is holy and should be handled with such care.
This is to prevent mistakes happening and from the true Word being lost.We have photocopiers now and scanners, so it's easy.
The only thing I disagree with is the word 'Yahweh' which is what I will discuss on a new post when I get to it.Quote (journey42 @ Nov. 18 2013,09:12) Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,06:40) j42 we are so very lucky that most of the believers did not follow this ridicule process ,
and that most of them copied the scriptures for their own use ,like the Kings did ,
PierreRidiculous?
The Word of God is holy and should be handled with such care.
This is to prevent mistakes happening and from the true Word being lost.We have photocopiers now and scanners, so it's easy.
The only thing I disagree with is the word 'Yahweh' which is what I will discuss on a new post when I get to it.
J42It would have been better for them to obey it than go through all a waisting ceremonial to write it down , what is it to write wisdom down if you do not fallow it, useless right
YesToday it is machine that not think that do the printing or copies,
If you cannot benefit from your reading ,then why do you read it ,and so waist your time ,???
Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,15:39) Quote (journey42 @ Nov. 18 2013,09:12) Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,06:40) j42 we are so very lucky that most of the believers did not follow this ridicule process ,
and that most of them copied the scriptures for their own use ,like the Kings did ,
PierreRidiculous?
The Word of God is holy and should be handled with such care.
This is to prevent mistakes happening and from the true Word being lost.We have photocopiers now and scanners, so it's easy.
The only thing I disagree with is the word 'Yahweh' which is what I will discuss on a new post when I get to it.
J42It would have been better for them to obey it than go through all a waisting ceremonial to write it down , what is it to write wisdom down if you do not fallow it, useless right
YesToday it is machine that not think that do the printing or copies,
If you cannot benefit from your reading ,then why do you read it ,and so waist your time ,???
PierreThe old testament was first given to ISRAEL, not anyone else. God preserved his Word and he used THEM only to record and make copies. Not only was it just given to Israel, but the LEVITES were the guardians of his Word.
The new testament was given first to the JEWS. Jesus preached to the JEWS. They received it first, and the JEWS were used to record and make copies. The Word is now complete, and can't be changed. It has since gone out to the gentiles, but the gentiles have manipulated the original scriptures to confuse. It was happening back then in the days of the apostles, and is happening now, but the true Word preserved for all generations.
Germany has a lot to answer for also and the New World Order was already established by the 1st and 2nd ww. The wheels on a global scale was set in motion then.Quote (Wakeup @ Nov. 18 2013,03:41) Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 18 2013,03:20) Journey, That is nice to hear but when were these standards established?
I ask because there are significant deviations even in the earliest manuscripts that are in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Kerwin.When the jews copied from the original scrolls.
After thats done;the washings and etc,etc does not apply,anymore.All this will not benefit us spiritually.
wakeup.
Wakeup,The Law was never intended by God to benefit anyone Spiritually as the Spirit was not given in such a way as it could be waled by until after Jesus ascended to his throne in heaven.
That was not what I was speaking about. I was pointing out that even Jewish manuscripts were different as about the time Jesus was born.
Quote (journey42 @ Nov. 18 2013,11:06) Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,15:39) Quote (journey42 @ Nov. 18 2013,09:12) Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 18 2013,06:40) j42 we are so very lucky that most of the believers did not follow this ridicule process ,
and that most of them copied the scriptures for their own use ,like the Kings did ,
PierreRidiculous?
The Word of God is holy and should be handled with such care.
This is to prevent mistakes happening and from the true Word being lost.We have photocopiers now and scanners, so it's easy.
The only thing I disagree with is the word 'Yahweh' which is what I will discuss on a new post when I get to it.
J42It would have been better for them to obey it than go through all a waisting ceremonial to write it down , what is it to write wisdom down if you do not fallow it, useless right
YesToday it is machine that not think that do the printing or copies,
If you cannot benefit from your reading ,then why do you read it ,and so waist your time ,???
PierreThe old testament was first given to ISRAEL, not anyone else. God preserved his Word and he used THEM only to record and make copies. Not only was it just given to Israel, but the LEVITES were the guardians of his Word.
The new testament was given first to the JEWS. Jesus preached to the JEWS. They received it first, and the JEWS were used to record and make copies. The Word is now complete, and can't be changed. It has since gone out to the gentiles, but the gentiles have manipulated the original scriptures to confuse. It was happening back then in the days of the apostles, and is happening now, but the true Word preserved for all generations.
Germany has a lot to answer for also and the New World Order was already established by the 1st and 2nd ww. The wheels on a global scale was set in motion then.
All men made rules ,for control the masses ,
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