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A Torah Anytime original series.
In the year 1631, a printer by the name
of Robert Barker was hired to print
[music] a thousand copies of the Bible
for King Charles I, the King of England.
And it sounds pretty safe. What could go
wrong? [music] Well, one tiny mistake
ruined his life. He printed the Bible
perfectly. Every single word was there
except [music] one. In the seventh
commandment of the Asaradus, the one
that says, "Thou shalt not commit
adultery." He forgot to put in a pretty
important word. He forgot the word not.
That's correct. He printed a thousand
copies of a Bible that said in the Ten
Commandments, [music]
"Thou shalt commit adultery."
Congratulations. You just printed the
most unholy Bible in history. And King
Charles was furious. He called it the
wicked Bible. [music] He immediately
finded Barker a fortune. He took away
his printing license, his reputation,
basically [music] his entire livelihood.
Almost every copy of that Bible was
destroyed. Only a handful still exist.
All because of one missing [music] word.
Now, this is just more than a cool
historical fact. This story is a
warning. Because if one missing word can
turn an entire commandment into a
catastrophe, imagine what happens in
real life. [music] One sentence said
without thinking. One word left unsaid.
One apology you meant to give. One
compliment you should have said but
didn't. One I'm proud of you that never
made it out of your mouth. Because
sometimes the scariest damage doesn't
always come from what [music] we say. It
sometimes comes from what we don't. We
think the big moments destroy
relationships, but it's usually the
small ones, the details, the tone, the
[music] words we rush past. Words aren't
just sounds, they're switches. Flip them
the wrong way and you can burn something
down. Flip them the right way and you
can save a life. So, here's the
takeaway. Pay attention. Choose your
words like they matter [music] because
they do. If a man could lose everything
over one missing knot, imagine what's at
stake when we [music] stop caring about
the words in our own lives. Because
sometimes the smallest words is the
difference between blessing and [music]
disaster. Choose wisely.
