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Evangelist in whose Gospel they now appear. There is, however, no reason at all to suppose that
additions of this kind have been made in any except a very few cases.
[Source: Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts, Sir Frederic Kenyon]

Sir Frederic Kenyon is a bit more optimistic in his view of the extent to which men have deliberately
altered the Scriptures than I am. I have found the deliberate alteration of the Scriptures, often to
accommodate the errant traditions and orthodoxy of the church, to be quite extensive. It is this latter
type of corruption of the Biblical text, errors of deliberate alteration, that concern me the most. The
Bible has suffered tremendous alteration in order to satisfy the traditions, beliefs, or agendas of
various men. A poignant example of this is observed in the omission of the divine name from the
Old Testament. As the title of this series suggests, the Bible is “Yahweh’s Book.” It is a book
intended to reveal the Creator to mankind. 6,828 times in the Old Testament the Holy Spirit inspired
the prophets to record the memorial name of God. Bible scholars refer to the name of God in the Old
Testament as the “Tetragrammaton.” Tetragrammaton is a Greek word meaning “four letters.” In the
Hebrew the letters used to spell the name of God are Yod He Vav (Waw) He. This is frequently
represented as YHWH or YHVH in English.

Tetragrammaton

Keep in mind that the Hebrew alphabet did not contain vowels. Ancient Hebrew was a consonantal
alphabet. This has led to some debate about the proper pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, with
opinions including Jehovah, Yahweh, Yahveh, Yahuweh, and many other variants. Yahweh
disclosed His name to Moses when Moses inquired as to whom he should say was sending him to
Pharaoh and the Israelite elders.

Exodus 3:14-15
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM” (Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh); and He said, “Thus you shall
say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM (Ehyeh) has sent me to you.'” And God, furthermore, said to Moses,
“Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My
memorial-name to all generations.”

The above passage is not the first occurrence of the Tetragrammaton in Scripture. It is first found in
Genesis 2:4. “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in
the day that Yahweh God (Elohim) made the earth and the heavens...” In fact, the name Yahweh was
recorded more than 160 times in the Scriptures preceding Exodus 3:14-15. The name Yahweh should