"See, for the Lord has given you this day [as] the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: you⌃ shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day."
Earliest Date~125 BC (Late 2nd Century BC – Late 1st Century BC)
Current LocationRockefeller Museum, Jerusalem
Found LocationQumran, Cave 4
Scribal Context & Details
An ancient biblical manuscript written in the Paleo-Hebrew script, containing portions of the final verse of Genesis and the book of Exodus. Discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran, this parchment scroll is an important early witness to the Hebrew text of the Pentateuch, dating back to the Hasmonean period.
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Codex
Codex Vaticanus
2 of 3B
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 300 (Early to Mid-4th Century AD)
Current LocationVatican Library, Vatican City
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest and most valuable surviving manuscripts of the complete Greek Bible. It has been securely housed in the Vatican Library since at least the late 15th century and is celebrated for its elegant script written on very high-quality vellum.
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Codex Alexandrinus
3 of 3A
LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century (c. 400-440 CE))
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four great uncial codices of the Greek Bible. It contains the vast majority of the Septuagint and New Testament, and was the first of the great uncials to become accessible to modern scholars.