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In the [[King James Bible|King James Version]] (KJV), Matthew 26:6 reads: ''Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper...'' Lepers were not, however, permitted to live in the towns (Lev. 13:46)<ref>"''All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.''" [[King James Bible|KJV]]</ref> Hebrew and Aramaic were written without vowels, so there was no distinction between the Aramaic words gar'ba ("leper") and garaba ("jar maker" or "jar merchant").  

In the [[King James Bible|King James Version]] (KJV), Matthew 26:6 reads: ''Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper...'' Lepers were not, however, permitted to live in the towns (Lev. 13:46)<ref>"''All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be.''" [[King James Bible|KJV]]</ref> Hebrew and Aramaic were written without vowels, so there was no distinction between the Aramaic words gar'ba ("leper") and garaba ("jar maker" or "jar merchant").  

Some of the translations are even more interesting - Matthew 19:24 {KJV) reads "''And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.''" This seemingly nonsensical and very widely repeated phrase makes much more sense when one understands that the word for "camel" in the Aramaic manuscripts is ''gamla'' which also means a "large rope".

Some of the translations are even more interesting - Matthew 19:24 (KJV) reads "''And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.''" This seemingly nonsensical and very widely repeated phrase makes much more sense when one understands that the word for "camel" in the Aramaic manuscripts is ''gamla'' which also means a "large rope".

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