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60 “Thou Shalt Commit Adultery” Exodus, 20:14 Blue pencil and red pen, fix what you can, But words are like ball bearings or beach sand: Once out of the pouch, you can’t hold them all. Something always slips through, trips up the plan. Most typos are harmless.We understand What’s meant. Others spring from the devil. The 1631 King James has this Howler:“thou shalt commit adultery.” Really, now. It would become a headache For a lot of guys, who would rather miss Out on an affair to stay secretly Home with their wives. Even if a mistake By the Word of the law, they would be blessed, And edit the Book out of sheer laziness. ...

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