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Thread #143735 Message #3320687
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
09-Mar-12 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: ABC's: when the 'Twinkle Twinkle' link?
Subject: RE: Origins: ABC's: when the 'Twinkle Twinkle' link?
CapriUni:
If you look at Psalm 119 in an old family bible (King James version) you will normally see Ps 119 split into groups of 8 verses, each one headed with a letter from the Hebrew alphabet (or should I say alephbeth
Another bit of trivia is that it deals with the 'word of the Lord', or scripture/statute. Every verse (with one exception) has a word or phrase with this meaning. This may, or may not, have been retained in more modern versions.