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sum_v they_o up_o and_o note_v how_o they_o find_v they_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v alter_v hereafter_o vid._n elias_n in_o maamar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o his_o first_o section_n the_o first_o kind_n be_v of_o letter_n that_o be_v read_v in_o word_n and_o not_o write_v and_o write_v in_o word_n and_o not_o read_v and_o these_o be_v most_o the_o letter_n jehu_o ah_o h_o u_z j_o which_o be_v so_o find_v at_o the_o beginning_n middle_a and_o end_n of_o word_n only_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v say_v elias_n that_o vaughan_n and_o jod_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v so_o when_o they_o be_v quiescent_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o word_n that_o be_v to_o say_v vaughan_n after_o holem_n and_o shurek_n and_o jod_n after_o chirek_n and_o tsere_n for_o these_o be_v in_o the_o order_n of_o chesarim_n and_o melaim_n viz._n word_n defective_a and_o full._n but_o vaughan_n be_v often_o write_v and_o not_o read_v after_o kamets_n or_o kateph_n kamets_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jos._n 9.6_o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isai._n 18.4_o and_o many_o the_o like_a and_o elias_n say_v that_o the_o letter_n that_o be_v write_v but_o not_o read_v there_o that_o letter_n be_v not_o point_v in_o the_o word_n wherein_o it_o be_v write_v as_o jer._n 50.8_o from_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o come_v forth_o and_o also_o ezek._n 46.9_o there_o jod_n be_v write_v but_o not_o read_v as_o the_o keri_n say_v jod_n be_v not_o read_v and_o so_o baal_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v not_o read_v say_v the_o keri_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o point_v in_o the_o ketib_n eccles._n 10.20_o and_o as_o to_o the_o keri_n u._fw-mi lo_o ketib_n elias_n observe_v
that_o all_o the_o word_n in_o which_o a_o letter_n be_v read_v but_o not_o write_v that_o letter_n be_v point_v in_o the_o line_n without_o write_v the_o letter_n at_o all_o and_o the_o same_o letter_n be_v write_v in_o the_o keri_n or_o margin_n without_o any_o point_n at_o all_o as_o lam._n 5.7_o our_o father_n be_v sin_v be_v not_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o keri_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o be_v not_o and_o we_o etc._n etc._n and_o of_o such_o as_o these_o there_o be_v twelve_o in_o number_n now_o these_o unpointed_a letter_n they_o either_o make_v so_o or_o find_v they_o so_o if_o themselves_o make_v they_o so_o their_o note_n thereon_o be_v very_o silly_a and_o will_v not_o have_v be_v value_v by_o any_o without_o reason_n allege_v for_o the_o same_o have_v point_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o if_o they_o find_v they_o so_o write_v as_o no_o doubt_n but_o they_o do_v than_o the_o point_n be_v in_o be_v before_o their_o time_n moreover_o have_v they_o venture_v to_o point_v all_o the_o bible_n they_o will_v never_o have_v scruple_v either_o to_o have_v point_v these_o individual_a letter_n or_o have_v leave_v they_o out_o of_o the_o text._n but_o the_o truth_n be_v by_o the_o not_o point_v these_o letter_n the_o keri_fw-la and_o ketib_n of_o they_o be_v preserve_v which_o have_v be_v keep_v since_o ezra_n time_n and_o therefore_o the_o mean_n whereby_o they_o be_v preserve_v and_o that_o be_v the_o pointing_z the_o one_o and_o not_o the_o other_o have_v be_v as_o ancient_a likewise_o as_o r._n d._n kimchi_n in_o pref._n on_o joshua_n observe_v second_o the_o second_o kind_n of_o keri_n u._fw-mi ketib_n be_v of_o letter_n that_o be_v change_v one_o into_o another_o and_o these_o be_v most_o the_o vowel_n letter_n jehu_o ah_o h_o u_z j_o as_o for_o instance_n there_o be_v fifty_o two_o word_n that_o be_v write_v with_o jod_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o word_n and_o read_v as_o if_o with_o vaughan_n as_o in_o job_n 10.20_o jachedal_n and_o jashit_v in_o the_o ketib_n and_o the_o keri_n it_o be_v vachedal_n and_o vashit_v and_o there_o be_v fifty_o six_o word_n contrary_a that_o be_v with_o vau_fw-fr in_o the_o line_n and_o jod_n in_o the_o keri_n as_o in_o psal._n 10.10_o it_o be_v write_v videke_n and_o vashuak_v and_o read_v jidekeh_n and_o jashuak_v and_o there_o be_v seventy_o word_n write_v with_o jod_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o word_n and_o read_v vaughan_n and_o all_o these_o jod_n be_v point_v with_o holem_n or_o shurek_n when_o it_o be_v write_v with_o holem_n than_o the_o holem_n be_v point_v upon_o the_o letter_n which_o go_v before_o jod_n as_o in_o psal._n 77.11_o azâ—ir_n be_v read_v ezcor_n and_o in_o gen._n 25.23_o but_o shurek_n be_v point_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o jod_n in_o gen._n 24.33_o and_o in_o num._n 1.16_o and_o so_o in_o the_o end_n of_o word_n as_o in_o jer._n 6.25_o but_o word_n that_o be_v write_v with_o he_o in_o the_o end_n and_o read_v with_o vaughan_n they_o be_v point_v with_o kibbuâ—_n in_o the_o letter_n before_o he_o as_o in_o leu._n 21.5_o they_o shall_v not_o make_v baldness_n etc._n etc._n and_o deut._n 21.7_o and_o there_o be_v fourteen_o such_o and_o say_v elias_n there_o be_v many_o letter_n ehevi_n jehu_n a_o h_o u_z i_fw-it that_o change_v the_o one_o into_o the_o other_o and_o there_o be_v other_o letter_n that_o change_v one_o into_o another_o but_o they_o be_v only_o of_o letter_n that_o be_v either_o first_o of_o like_a shape_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d final_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o else_o second_o of_o like_a sound_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o for_o example_n of_o all_o these_o first_o there_o be_v eleven_o word_n write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o esther_n 3.4_o and_o three_o on_o the_o contrary_a be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o prov._n 21.29_o ezra_n 8.14_o where_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o also_o in_o jer._n 2.20_o and_o there_o be_v four_o word_n write_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o read_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o jer._n 31.40_o and_o of_o word_n that_o change_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d final_a as_o jak_n nashagnar_n read_v jad_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d song_n 1.17_o ult_n of_o these_o be_v four_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o sam._n 14.32_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eccles._n 12.6_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jos._n 3.16_o and_o of_o these_o be_v six_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isa._n 65.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o sam._n 17.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v two_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o sam._n 21.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isa._n 66.17_o and_o be_v three_o and_o two_o contrary_o 2_o sam._n 17.12_o 1_o king_n 19.4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v two_o as_o jer._n 49.30_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ezek._n 3.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ezek._n 25.7_o &_o 47.13_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o he_o in_o fifteen_o place_n say_v the_o lesser_a masora_n on_o 1_o sam._n 2.2_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v fifteen_o time_n write_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n 1_o exod._n 21.8_o 2_o leu._n 11.21_o here_o the_o great_a masora_n reckon_v they_o up_o 3_o leu._n 25.30_o 4_o 1._o sam._n 2.3_o 6_o 2_o king_n 8.10_o 7_o ezra_n 4.2_o 8_o job_n 13.15_o 9_o job_n 41.12_o 10_o prov._n 19.7_o 11_o prov._n 26.2_o 12_o psal._n 100.3_o 13_o psal._n 139.16_o 14_o isa._n 9.3_o 15_o isa._n 63.9_o now_o certain_o have_v these_o man_n venture_v to_o place_v all_o the_o punctation_n they_o will_v have_v make_v bold_a to_o take_v the_o letter_n that_o best_o agree_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n and_o leave_v the_o other_o as_o most_o translation_n do_v who_o dare_v not_o point_v the_o bible_n this_o be_v to_o strain_v at_o a_o gnat_n and_o swallow_v a_o camel_n not_o to_o alter_v one_o vowel_n letter_n and_o yet_o place_v all_o the_o punctation_n and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o all_o the_o other_o sort_n of_o keri_n u._fw-mi ketib_n three_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o keru_n u._fw-mi ketib_n be_v of_o letter_n transpose_v there_o be_v word_n wherein_o one_o letter_n be_v write_v beyond_o its_o place_n out_o of_o rule_n and_o read_v in_o its_o due_a place_n by_o rule_n and_o these_o be_v sixty_o two_o but_o not_o one_o of_o they_o in_o the_o law_n fifty_o one_o of_o they_o be_v of_o the_o letter_n jehu_n a_o h_o u_z i_fw-it as_o judg._n 16.26_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o first_o jod_n transpose_v so_o josh._n 6.13_o and_o in_o 2_o king_n 25.16_o but_o i_o find_v it_o not_o so_o and_o there_o be_v eleven_o word_n wherein_o other_o letter_n be_v transpose_v beside_o a_o h_o u_z i_o as_o 1_o eccles._n 9.4_o 2_o 1_o sam._n 27.8_o 3_o 2_o sam._n 15.28_o 4_o 2_o sam._n 20.14_o 5_o 1_o king_n 7.45_o 6_o ezek._n 42.16_o 7_o prov._n 23.26_o 8_o ezra_n 2.46_o 9_o ezra_n 4.4_o 10_o ezra_n 8.14_o 17._o 11_o 1_o chron._n 27.29_o of_o these_o sixty_o two_o the_o final_a masora_n direct_v to_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v reckon_v up_o under_o caph_n â—â—_o ketib_n what_o be_v say_v under_o the_o former_a kind_n of_o the_o keri_n and_o ketib_n may_v be_v say_v under_o this_o and_o every_o other_o of_o the_o seven_o kind_n
and_o serve_v god_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o learn_v the_o language_n of_o a_o people_n who_o they_o hope_v to_o see_v destroy_v and_o their_o tongue_n with_o they_o also_o daniel_n and_o the_o prophet_n of_o that_o time_n write_v their_o prophecy_n most_o in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n and_o altogether_o in_o the_o old_a character_n as_o none_o doubt_v it_o be_v then_o most_o irrational_a to_o suppose_v that_o ezra_n shall_v reject_v they_o whilst_o they_o be_v even_o wet_a and_o new_o write_v to_o introduce_v another_o character_n and_o that_o they_o common_o speak_v their_o own_o tongue_n after_o their_o return_n appear_v in_o that_o it_o be_v account_v a_o strange_a thing_n that_o the_o child_n speak_v partly_o the_o tongue_n of_o canaan_n and_o partly_o that_o of_o ashdod_n which_o they_o learn_v of_o their_o mother_n who_o be_v new_o marry_v there_o to_o the_o jew_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o occasion_n of_o this_o alteration_n of_o the_o character_n some_o say_v it_o be_v do_v that_o the_o scripture_n shall_v be_v disperse_v and_o spread_v through_o the_o east_n resp._n this_o help_v it_o not_o why_o then_o be_v it_o not_o put_v in_o the_o chaldean_a tongue_n they_o be_v little_a the_o better_a for_o its_o be_v in_o their_o character_n only_o some_o say_v the_o jew_n in_o hatred_n to_o the_o samaritan_n leave_v their_o ancient_a character_n because_o they_o will_v have_v nothing_o in_o common_a with_o they_o resp._n why_o then_o do_v they_o not_o reject_v the_o law_n also_o which_o the_o samaritan_n hold_v likewise_o will_v they_o thus_o give_v the_o samaritan_n cause_n for_o ever_o to_o triumph_v over_o they_o for_o have_v leave_v the_o ancient_a character_n wherein_o the_o law_n be_v first_o give_v in_o its_o original_a purity_n to_o the_o care_n of_o the_o samaritan_n their_o enemy_n whilst_o themselves_o have_v reject_v it_o for_o that_o of_o babylon_n be_v these_o the_o act_n of_o those_o jew_n who_o they_o say_v dare_v not_o put_v one_o point_n to_o the_o law_n that_o they_o may_v represent_v the_o first_o autographon_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v write_v by_o moses_n and_o who_o account_v the_o bible_n unfit_a for_o public_a use_n by_o the_o least_o misplace_v of_o a_o letter_n or_o make_v a_o letter_n that_o be_v large_a or_o lesser_a than_o his_o fellow_n but_o equal_a to_o the_o rest_n but_o so_o it_o be_v though_o they_o know_v not_o why_o as_o eusebius_n jerom_n the_o talmud_n and_o some_o coin_n find_v with_o the_o samaritan_n character_n do_v testify_v resp._n 1_o these_o witness_n be_v bear_v five_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o fact_n about_o which_o they_o testify_v which_o impair_v their_o authority_n the_o father_n have_v little_a knowledge_n of_o that_o tongue_n especial_o eusebius_n and_o jerom_n who_o know_v most_o may_v easy_o be_v mislead_v by_o the_o darkness_n of_o that_o time_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o talmud_n be_v dispute_v by_o the_o jew_n who_o say_v the_o talmud_n do_v not_o intend_v any_o such_o thing_n 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