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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bible Printer's Errors: The Cannibals Bible

Proofreading is very important.  Sometimes one word changes the entire meaning of a passage.  The following, from the 1682 King James version edition known to collectors as "The Cannibals Bible," is an example to prove the point.

WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE SAID: 
"And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;" Deuteronomy 24:3 
WHAT IT SAID:
"And if the latter husband ate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;" Deuteronomy 24:3

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