Article 76WHZ A 1631 Bible accidentally ordered readers to commit adultery

A 1631 Bible accidentally ordered readers to commit adultery

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Ellsworth Toohey
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The Wicked Bible is a 1631 reprint of the King James Bible that accidentally ordered its readers to sin. Setting the Ten Commandments, London's royal printers dropped the word "not" from Exodus 20:14, so the Seventh Commandment read "Thou shalt commit adultery." - Read the rest

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