The so-called '''Wicked Bible''' is one of the rarest Bibles in the world, all because of one typographical error.
The so-called '''Wicked Bible''' is one of the rarest Bibles in the world, all because of one typographical error.
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In the year 1631, the Seventh of the [[Ten Commandments]] was incorrectly printed as 'Thou shalt commit adultery'.
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In the year 1631, the Seventh of the [[Ten Commandments]] was incorrectly printed as 'Thou shalt commit adultery'<ref>http://www.greatsite.com/ancient-rare-bibles-books/platinum.html</ref>
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For this error, the printers were fined 300 British pounds, which was, at the time, a lifetime's wages. The thousand copies printed were ordered destroyed, but a few escaped destruction, and are now sold for many thousands of dollars. <ref>http://www.greatsite.com/ancient-rare-bibles-books/platinum.html</ref>
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For this error, the printers were fined 300 British pounds, which was, at the time, a lifetime's wages.<ref>http://www.catholicapologetics.net/wicked_bible.htm</ref> The thousand copies printed were ordered destroyed, but a few escaped destruction, and are now sold for many thousands of dollars.