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CHAPTER 6The Jaredite barges are driven by the winds to the promised land—The people praise the Lord for his goodness—Orihah is appointed king over them—Jared and his brother pass away in death. |
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1 AND now I, Moroni, proceed to give the
record of aJared and his brother.
2 For it came to pass after the Lord had prepared the astones which the brother of Jared had carried up into the mount, the brother of Jared came down out of the mount, and he did put forth the stones into the vessels which were prepared, one in each end thereof; and behold, they did give light unto the vessels. 3 And thus the Lord caused stones to shine in darkness, to give light unto men, women, and children, that they might not cross the great waters in darkness.
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1a
Ether 1:34 2a Ether 3:3
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4 And it came to pass that when they had prepared all manner of
afood, that thereby they might subsist upon the water, and
also food for their flocks and herds, and bwhatsoever beast
or animal or fowl that they should carry with them—and it came to pass
that when they had done all these things they got aboard of their vessels or
barges, and set forth into the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their
God.
5 And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a afurious wind blow upon the face of the waters, btowards the promised land; and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind.
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TG
Food b Ether 2:1; Ether 9:18-19 5a Ether 2:24-25 b 1 Ne. 18:8
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6 And it came to pass that they were many times buried in the
depths of the sea, because of the mountain waves which broke upon
them, and also the great and terrible tempests which were caused
by the fierceness of the wind.
7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being atight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the bark of Noah; therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the watersa.
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7a when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters How often are we encompassed about by the challenges and afflictions of this life? How often do we pray unto the Lord for deliverance? And how often has he delived us and brought us back on top? This was life's training for the people of Jared, that when they are so emcompassed about, are so entrenched with afflictions, that they might learn to look unto the Lord their God. |
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Ether 2:17 b Gen. 6:14; Moses 7:43
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8 And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards
the promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were
adriven forth before the wind.
9 And they did asing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did bthank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.
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1 Ne. 18:13 (8-13) 9a TG Singing b 1 Chr. 16:8 (7-36); Ps. 34:1-3; Alma 37:37; D&C 46:32
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10 And thus they were driven forth; and no monster of the sea could
break them, neither awhale that could mar them; and they
did have light continually, whether it was above the water or under the water.
11 And thus they were driven forth, athree hundred and forty and four days upon the watera. 12 And they did aland upon the shore of the bpromised land. And when they had set their feet upon the shores of the promised land they bowed themselves down upon the face of the land, and did humble themselves before the Lord, and did shed tears of joy before the Lord, because of the multitude of his ctender mercies over them.
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11a they were driven forth, three hundred and forty and four days upon the water Now why did the Lord require the people of Jared to so prepare such vessels and to go upon the waters in the manner he did? Surely God could have had them build sailing vessels like he did Nephi and they could have sailed more rapidedly than they could by the wind and current upo such vessels alone. But when one begins to ask such question, then why did the Lord not just pick them up and remove them thether himself? Certainly there must needs be purpose in that which the Lord requireth men to do. For men are to work out their own work of their salvation according to the things of the flesh. The 8 vessels of the Jaredites were not unlike the ark of Noah in that the ark was also tight against the water. And also the ark did carry forth animals as even did the vessels of Jared. And even it is thought that the manner of giving light in the ark was not unlike that manner which the Jaredites did use. Could it be that the Lord did desire to preserve the concept that the land was a distant land and only accessible in a similar manner under the hand of the Lord like unto what had been provided unto Noah. At this time the Lord was not ready for men to begin to sail of their own according across the oceans but by his design only. Also the physical requirements seem that the oceans were still wild and furious with the great land plates which were set in motion is the days of Peleg where likely still in motion and the oceans so still stiring greatly. And it is likely that both spiritual and physical reason did contribute to why the Lord did require the Jaredites to so travel as they did and according to the vessels which they did build. |
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Gen. 1:21;
Ether 2:24 11a Gen. 7:11; Gen. 8:13 12a Ether 7:16 b Alma 22:30 (29-34); Ether 7:6 c Ether 7:27; Ether 10:2
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13 And it came to pass that they went forth upon the face of the
land, and began to till the earth.
14 And Jared had four asons; and they were called Jacom, and Gilgah, and Mahah, and Orihah. 15 And the brother of Jared also begat sons and daughters. 16 And the afriends of Jared and his brother were in number about twenty and two souls; and they also begat sons and daughters before they came to the promised land; and therefore they began to be many. 17 And they were taught to awalk humbly before the Lord; and they were also btaught from on high.
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Ether 6:27 16a Ether 1:41 17a TG Walking with God b TG Guidance, Divine; TG Revelation
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18 And it came to pass that they began to spread upon the face
of the land, and to multiply and to till the earth; and they did
wax strong in the land.
19 And the brother of Jared began to be old, and saw that he must soon go down to the grave; wherefore he said unto Jared: Let us gather together our people that we may number them, that we may know of them what they will desire of us before we go down to our graves. 20 And accordingly the people were gathered together. Now the number of the sons and the daughters of the brother of Jared were twenty and two souls; and the number of sons and daughters of Jared were twelve, he having four sons.
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21 And it came to pass that they did number their people; and
after that they had numbered them, they did desire of them the
things which they would that they should do before they went down
to their graves.
22 And it came to pass that the people desired of them that they should aanoint one of their sons to be a king over them. 23 And now behold, this was grievous unto them. And the brother of Jared said unto them: Surely this thing aleadeth into captivity.
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22a
TG
Anointing 23a 1_Sam. 8:11 (10-18); Mosiah 29:18 (16-23); Ether 7:5
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24 But Jared said unto his brother: Suffer them that they may
have a king. And therefore he said unto them: Choose ye out from
among our sons a king, even whom ye will.
25 And it came to pass that they chose even the firstborn of the brother of Jared; and his name was Pagag. And it came to pass that he refused and would not be their king. And the people would that his father should constrain him, but his father would not; and he commanded them that they should constrain no man to be their king. 26 And it came to pass that they chose all the brothers of Pagag, and they would not.
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25a
TG
Kings, Earthly
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27 And it came to pass that neither would the asons
of Jared, even all save it were one; and bOrihah was
anointed to be king over the people.
28 And he began to reign, and the people began to aprosper; and they became exceedingly rich. 29 And it came to pass that Jared died, and his brother also.
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27a
Ether 6:14 b Ether 1:32 28a TG Prosper
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30 And it came to pass that Orihah did walk humbly before the
Lord, and did remember how great things the Lord had done for his
father, and also taught his people how great things the Lord had
done for their fathers.
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