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manuscript ~ (B) ~ important written record.
manuscript ~ (B) ~ an ancient copy of the Bible. People wrote these Bibles by hand on scrolls . There are many ancient copies of the Bible in Hebrew . The oldest Hebrew copies are called the Dead Sea Scrolls. There is also an ancient translation of the Old Testament into the Greek language, called the Septuagint.
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