Today's
THE
WORDS OF MORMON
Mormon abridges their history onto the plates of Mormon—He inserts the plates of Nephi into
the abridgement—King Benjamin establishes peace in the land. About A.D. 385
1 AND now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the record which I have been making into the hands
of my son Moroni, behold I have witnessed almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
2 And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of
my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may God
grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat concerning
Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
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1920
THE
WORDS OF MORMON
Mormon's abridgment and the smaller plates of Nephi—Relation of the
foregoing part of the Book of Mormon to that which follows.
1 And
now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the record which I have been
making into the hands
of my son Moroni, behold I have witnessed almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
2 And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of
my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may God
grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat concerning
Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
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1879
The Words of Mormon.
Chapter 1.
1:1 Chapter 1 AND
now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the record which I have been
making, into the hands of my son Moroni,
behold I have
witnessed almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
1:2 And it
is many hundred years after the coming of
Christ that I deliver
these records
into the hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire
destruction of my people. But may God grant that he may survive them, that he
may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat concerning Christ, that perhaps
some day it may profit them.
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1840
The Words of Mormon.
Chapter 1.
AND now I, Mormon, being about to deliver
up the record which I have been making, into the
hands of my son Moroni, behold, I have witnessed
almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ,
that I deliver these records into the
hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may
God grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat
concerning Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
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1837
The Words of Mormon.
Chapter 1.
AND now I, Mormon, being about to deliver
up the record which I have been making, into the
hands of my son Moroni, behold, I have witnessed
almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ,
that I deliver these records into the
hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may
God grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat
concerning Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
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1830
The Words of Mormon.
Chapter 1.
AND now I, Mormon, being about to deliver
up the record which I have been making, into the
hands of my son Moroni, behold, I have witnessed
almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.
And it is many hundred years after the coming of Christ,
that I deliver these records into the
hands of my son; and it supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people. But may
God grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat concerning them, and somewhat
concerning Christ, that perhaps some day it may profit them.
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3 And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after
I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this
king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among
the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates,
which contained this small account of the prophets,
from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin,
and also many of the words of Nephi.
4 And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know that as many
things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day
have been fulfilled, and as many
as go beyond this day must surely come to pass—
5 Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall
take from the plates of Nephi; and I cannot write the
hundredth part of the things of my people.
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3 And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have written; for after
I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this
king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake, I searched among
the records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates,
which contained this small account of the prophets,
from Jacob down to the
reign of this king
Benjamin,
and also many of the words of Nephi.
4 And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know that as many
things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this
day
have been fulfilled, and as
many as go beyond this day
must surely come to
pass—
5 Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my
record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates
of Nephi; and I cannot write the hundredth part of the
things of my people.
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1:3 And now, I speak somewhat concerning that
which I have written:
for after that I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the
reign of this king Benjamin, of
whom
Amaleki spake, I searched among the records which had been delivered into my
hands, and I found these plates. which contained this small account of the
prophets, from Jacob, down to
the reign of this king
Benjamin;
and also many of the
words of Nephi.
1:4 And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled;
yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning
us down to this day,
have
been fulfilled,
and as many as go beyond this day, must surely come to
pass;
1:5 Wherefore,
I chose these things, to finish my record upon them, which remainder of my
record I shall take from the plates of Nephi; and I cannot write
the
hundredth part of the things of my people.
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And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have
written: for after that I had
made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin, of which Amaleki spake, I searched among the
records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates,
which contained this small account of the prophets,
from Jacob, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin: and also, many of the
words of Nephi.
And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled, yea, and I also know that as many
things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this
day, has been fulfilled; and as
many as go beyond this day, must surely come to
pass;
wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record
upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of
Nephi; and I cannot write a hundredth part of the
things of my people.
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And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have
written: for after that I had
made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin, of
whom Amaleki spake, I searched among the
records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates,
which contained this small account of the
prophets,
from Jacob, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin; and also, many of the
words of Nephi.
And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled, yea, and I also know that as many
things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this
day, has been fulfilled; and as
many as go beyond this day, must surely come to
pass;
wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record
upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of
Nephi; and I cannot write a hundredth part of the
things of my people.
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And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I have
written: for after that I had
made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin, of which Amaleki spake, I searched among the
records which had been delivered into my hands, and I found these plates,
which contained this small account of the Prophets,
from Jacob, down to the reign of this king
Benjamin; and also, many of the
words of Nephi.
And the things which are upon these plates pleasing me, because of the
prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers knowing that many of them
have been fulfilled, yea, and I also know that as many
things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this
day, has been fulfilled; and as
many as go beyond this day, must surely come to
pass;
wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my record
upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of
Nephi; and I cannot write a hundredth part of the
things of my people.
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6 But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophesyings and revelations, and put them
with the remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be choice unto my
brethren.
7 And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according
to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in
me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which
are
to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
8 And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge
of God, yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.
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6 But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophesyings and revelations, and put them
with the remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be choice unto my
brethren.
7 And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according
to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord which is in
me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which
are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do
according to his will.
8 And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once
again come to the knowledge of
God,
yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome
people.
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1:6 But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the
remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be
choice unto my brethren.
1:7 And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according
to the workings of the
Spirit
of the Lord which is in me. And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord
knoweth all things which
are to
come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do according to his will.
1:8 And my prayer to God
is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge of
God; yea, the redemption of Christ; that they may once
again be a delightsome people.
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But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the
remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be
choice unto my brethren.
And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the
workings of the spirit of the Lord which is in me. And
now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which
are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do
according to his will.
And my prayer to God, is concerning my brethren, that
they may once again come to the knowledge of God; yea,
the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.
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But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the
remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be
choice unto my brethren.
And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the
workings of the spirit of the Lord which is in me. And
now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which
are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do
according to his will.
And my prayer to God, is concerning my brethren, that
they may once again come to the knowledge of God; yea,
the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.
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But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these
prophecyings and revelations, and put them with the
remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be
choice unto my brethren.
And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it whispereth me, according to the
workings of the spirit of the Lord which is in me. And
now, I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which
is to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do
according to his will.
And my prayer to God, is concerning my brethren, that
they may once again come to the knowledge of God; yea,
the redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.
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9 And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take from the plates of Nephi; and I
make it according to the knowledge and the understanding which God
has given me.
10 Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king
Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been
handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the days of
king Benjamin.
11 And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to
generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time
henceforth. And I know that they will be
preserved; for there are great things written upon them, out of
which my people and their brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of
God which is written.
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9 And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take from the
plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God has given me.
10 Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king
Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had been
handed down by the kings, from generation to
generation until the
days of king Benjamin.
11 And they were handed down from king Benjamin,
from generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands. And I,
Mormon, pray to God that they may be
preserved from this
time henceforth. And I know that they will be
preserved; for there are great things written upon
them, out of which my people and their
brethren shall be
judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is
written.
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1:9 And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take from
the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God has given me.
1:10 Wherefore, it came to pass that
after Amaleki had delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin,
he took them and put them with the other plates, which contained records
which had been handed down by the kings, from generation to
generation, until the days of king
Benjamin;
1:11 And
they were handed down from king Benjamin, from generation to
generation,
until they have fallen into my hands. And I, Mormon, pray to God that they may
be preserved, from this time henceforth.
And I know that they will be
preserved;
for there are great things written upon them out of which my people and their
brethren, shall be judged at the great and last day,
according to the word of God which is written.
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And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take
from the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God has given me.
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates
into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other
plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from
generation to generation, until the days of king
Benjamin;
and they were handed down from king Benjamin, from
generation to generation, until they have fallen into my hands. And I,
Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved, from
this time henceforth. And I know that they will be
preserved: for there are great things written upon
them, out of which my people and their brethren, shall
be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is
written.
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And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take
from the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God
has
given me.
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates
into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other
plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from
generation to generation, until the days of king
Benjamin;
and they were handed down from king Benjamin, from
generation to generation, until they have fallen into my hands. And I,
Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved, from
this time
henceforth.
And I know that they will be
preserved: for there are great things written upon
them, out of which my people and their brethren, shall
be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is
written.
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And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record, which I take
from the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the knowledge and the
understanding which God hath given me.
Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had delivered up these plates
into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them and put them with the other
plates, which contained records which had been handed down by the kings, from
generation to generation, until the days of king
Benjamin;
and they were handed down from king Benjamin, from
generation to generation, until they have fallen into my hands. And I,
Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved, from
this time hence forth. And I know that they will be
preserved: for there are great things written upon
them, out of which my people and their brethren, shall
be judged at the great and last day, according to the word of God which is
written.
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12 And now, concerning this king Benjamin—he had
somewhat of contentions among his own people.
13 And it came to pass also that the armies of the Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to
battle against his people. But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand
against them; and he did fight with the strength of
his own arm, with the sword of Laban.
14 And in the strength of the Lord they did contend against their enemies, until they had slain many
thousands of the Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the Lamanites until they
had driven them out of all the lands of their inheritance.
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12 And now, concerning this king
Benjamin—he
had somewhat
of contentions among his own people.
13 And it came to pass also
that the armies of the Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to
battle against his people. But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his
armies, and he did stand against them; and he did
fight with the strength of his own arm, with the sword of
Laban.
14 And in the strength of the Lord they did contend against their
enemies, until they had slain many
thousands of the Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend
against the Lamanites until they
had driven them out of all the lands of their inheritance.
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1:12 And now, concerning this king Benjamin: He had
somewhat contentions among his own people.
1:13 And it came to pass also, that the armies of the
Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his
people. But behold,
king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand against
them;
and he did fight with strength of his own arm, with the sword of
Laban;
1:14 And
in the strength of the Lord they
did contend against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of
Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites,
until they had driven them out of all the lands of their inheritance.
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And now, concerning this king Benjamin: He
had somewhat contentions among his own people.
And it came to pass also, that the armies of the
Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his
people.—But
behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand
against them: and he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the
sword of Laban;
and in the strength of the Lord they did contend
against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of the
Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites, until they had driven them out of all the
lands of their inheritance.
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And now, concerning this king Benjamin: He
had somewhat contentions among his own people.
And it came to pass also, that the armies of the
Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his people.
But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand
against them; and he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the
sword of Laban;
and in the strength of the Lord they did contend
against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of the
Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites, until they had driven them out of all the
lands of their inheritance.
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And now, concerning this king Benjamin: He
had somewhat contentions among his own people.
And it came to pass also, that the armies of the
Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his people.
But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he did stand
against them; and he did fight with the strength of his own arm, with the
sword of Laban;
and in the strength of the Lord they did contend
against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of the
Lamanites. And it came to pass that they did contend against the
Lamanites, until they had driven them out of all the
lands of their inheritance.
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15 And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they
punished according to their crimes;
16 And after there had been false prophets, and false preachers and teachers among the people, and all
these having been punished according to their crimes; and after there having
been much contention and many
dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the holy prophets
who were among his people—
17 For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and
he did reign over his people in righteousness; and
there were many holy men in the land, and they did
speak the word of God with power and with
authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the stiffneckedness of
the people—
18 Wherefore, with the help of these, king
Benjamin, by laboring with all the might of his body
and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the
prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.
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15 And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they
punished according to their crimes;
16 And after there had been false prophets, and
false preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been
punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much
contention
and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the holy prophets
who were among his
people—
17 For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and
he did reign over his people in
righteousness; and
there were many holy men in the
land,
and they did speak the word of
God with
power and with authority; and they did use much
sharpness because of
the stiffneckedness of the
people—
18 Wherefore, with the help of these, king
Benjamin, by laboring
with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole
soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.
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1:15 And it came to pass that after there had been a false Christs, and their mouths
had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;
1:16 And
after
there had been false prophets, and false preachers, and teachers among the
people, and all these having been punished according to their crimes; and after
there having been much contentions and many
dissensions,
away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the holy prophets
which were among his
people;
1:17 For
behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did reign over his people in
righteousness. And there were many holy men in the
land; and they did speak the word of
God, with power and with authority; and they did use
much sharpness, because of the stiffneckedness of the
people;
1:18 Wherefore,
with the help of these, king Benjamin, by
labouring
with all the might of his body and the faculty of his
whole soul, and also the prophets, wherefore, they did
once more establish peace in the land.
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And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and
their mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;
and after there had been false prophets, and false
preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished
according to their crimes; and after there having been much
contentions and many dissentions,
away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the holy prophets
which were among his people:
for behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did
reign over his people in righteousness. And there
were many holy men in the land; and they did speak the
word of God, with power and with authority; and they
did use much sharpness, because of the stiffneckedness
of the people;
wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by
laboring with all the might of his body and the
faculty of his whole soul and also the prophets,
did once more establish peace in the land.
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And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and
their mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;
and after there had been false prophets, and false
preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished
according to their crimes; and after there having been much
contentions and many dissentions,
away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the
holy
prophets
which were among his people:
for behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did
reign over his people in righteousness. And there
were many holy men in the land; and they did speak the
word of God, with power and with authority; and they
did use much sharpness, because of the stiffneckedness
of the people;
wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by
laboring with all the might of his body and the
faculty of his whole soul and also the
prophets, did once
more establish peace in the land.
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And it came to pass that after there had been false Christs, and
their mouths had been shut, and they punished according to their crimes;
and after there had been false prophets, and false
preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been punished
according to their crimes; and after there having been much
contentions and many dissentions,
away unto the Lamanites, behold, it came to pass that king Benjamin, with the
assistance of the Holy Prophets
which were among his people:
for behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he did
reign over his people in righteousness. And there
were many holy men in the land; and they did speak the
word of God, with power and with authority; and they
did use much sharpness, because of the stiffneckedness
of the people;
wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin, by
laboring with all the might of his body and the
faculty of his whole soul and also the prophets, wherefore,
they did once more establish peace in the land.
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