[Mrs. Don-o]

"If a scribe made a mistake he was beaten and the scroll destroyed in a ritual"

I doubt that. Can you give me chapter and verse on that?

[mountainlion]

Can you give me chapter and verse on that?

This punishment may be just for temple scrolls. I forgot. It is a historical practice. They were so afraid of changing a “jot or tittle” that they went to extreme measures.