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1. Masoretes

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   The Tally of the Scroll
   The Masoretes recorded, to the letter, the precise occurrence of various textual features. This methodology aimed to prove that their manuscript was identical to the authoritative master copy stored in the Tiberian synagogue archives (the presumed Codex Vaticanus Hebraicus).
   The most famous, and perhaps most bewildering, count relates to the word $\text{יוֹם}$ (yom, day) in the Pentateuch. According to the standard [Tiberian Masorah](/…