Writer's cramp

Deu 17:18 "Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel."

Have any of you ever tried or attempted this? Have you ever written a copy of the Word for yourself? I wrote the first chapter of Genesis and it took about an hour and a half. My little children were very curious as to what I was doing! Take away distractions (...very difficult for many of us!!) and I would venture to say that you could write the average chapter in an hour. Psalm 119 may take a little bit longer!
So, at an hour a day, with 1189 chapters in the Bible, it will take you about 3 years and 3 months to complete your own copy of the Bible. Intrigued? Challenged? I am.


Jos 8:32-35 And there, in the presence of the children of Israel, he [Joshua] wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. Then all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as he who was born among them. Half of them [were] in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them.