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Psalm 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them forever.
Psalm 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth
forever.
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure.

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but
it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
John 10:35 The scripture cannot be broken.

1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth forever..
1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth forever.

Obviously, God promised that He would preserve His Word for all generations! Forever is exactly that.
His Word will be preserved forever!

How did God preserve the Bible for us today?

Meticulous care of Jewish Scribes. The lack of manuscript evidence could be a cause for alarm if it were
not for the extreme care of the Jewish scribes who made copies of the Old Testament. The Jewish
scribes conscientiously sought perfection in the transcription of the text. According to the Talmud, rigid
regulations were laid down for making copies of Old Testament texts:

1. The copyist was required to sit in full Jewish dress after a complete bathing.

2. Only a certain kind of ink could be used.

3. Rules governed the spacing of words.

4. No word or letter could be written from memory.

5. Lines and letters were methodically counted.

6. If a manuscript was found to have even one error it was destroyed. (This helps explain why only a few
manuscripts survived.)

7. During the copying process, any two words touching each other warranted destruction of that page,
and the page before it (because it had touched that page).

“This strict set of regulations which governed the early Jewish scribes is a chief factor which guarantees
the accurate transmission of the Old Testament text” (Lightfoot, pp. 97-98).

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