Alterations No. 27-29: Contradictory Margin Notes

3 This difference cannot be explained easily except that the old versions

had been changed.

2. The second verse (Mic. 5:2) is also quoted by Matthew in 2.6 in a way

which show Clear differences 64 from the above. 3. The third passage (Psalms 16:8-11) is reported by Luke in Acts 2:25-28,

and the texts are quite different from each other. 4. The fourth passage is also quoted by Luke in Acts. 15 16 17 and is

different from Amos 9:11-12. 5. Psalms 4;6-8 is quoted by Paul in his letter to the Hebrews in verses 5 to

7. The two versions are quite different.65

Alterations No. 27-29: Contradictory Margin Notes

Exodus 21:8, in the Hebrew version, contains a negative statement while the

statement included in its margin is affirmative. This verse contains injunctions with regard to keeping maid servants. Similarly we find in Leviticus 11:21 laws regarding birds and creeping things on the earth 66. The statement in the Hebrew text is negative while in the

marginal notes it is found to be affirmative. Leviticus 25:30 gives injunctions with regard to selling houses. The verse

again contains a negative injunction while the marginal note affirms it 67 Protestant scholars have preferred the affirmative texts in the marginal notes in their translations in all the above three places. That is, they have omitted the primary text and have included a marginal passage in its place, thus distorting these verses. After the alteration in these three verses, the injunctions contained in them have lost their certainty. Now it cannot be ascertained which of the two injunctions is correct, the negative one of the text or the affirmative of the margin. This demonstration also refutes the claim of the Christians that the

distortions found in the Bible do not affect rituals and liturgical instructions.

Alteration No. 30

Acts 20:28 says:

64 In Micah the city of Judah is described as a small city while in Matthew this is negated. 65 We could not find any difference at this place but since Horne is considered a great scholar by the Christians his statement might have been based on some reason, it has therefore been included. 66 “Yet these may ye eat of everything creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet to leap withal upon the earth.” 67 “And if it not be redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations, It shall not go out in the jubile.” Leviticus 25:30.