“I once read that long ago an English Bible was published having the Commandment saying, “Thou shalt commit adultery” instead of saying “Thou shalt not commit adultery”. Do you know in which Bible this was and in what year that Bible was published? I also read that the publishers only learned of the error after a great number of Bibles had already been distributed. After having distributed that many Bibles, how could the publishers have remedied it? You know the old saying about, “once the toothpaste is out of the tube…”
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The Bible you are referring to is known as “The Wicked Bible” or “The Sinners Bible.” It was a 1631 reprinting of the Authorized King James Bible first printed in 1611. The Bible was printed by the Kings Printing House under the direction of Head Printer Robert Barker.
Once the mistake was found, the 1000 Bibles in that print run were collected and burned. Eleven survived. One can be seen in The Living Word National Bible Museum in Branson, MO, USA.
Robert Barker and a man named Lucas were fined a total of £300. Lucas just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time as he was acting as executor for the estate of a man who had invested in the printing.
You can see one for sale for$89,500 along with a photocopy of the famous error here. (You’ll need to scroll down to see it.)
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I have never come across any Bible that encourages Adultery