In archaeologist Gabriel Barkay unearthed two small silver scrolls It took years to delicately unroll the metal scrolls and each was found to contain a Hebrew etching of the blessing from Numbers ndash ldquo The Lord bless you and keep you the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace rdquo Scholars date the scrolls to the seventh century BC They rsquo re the oldest known bits of Scripture in the world Equally interesting is where they were found Barkay was digging in a cave
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