Blainerb: You are describing a common hang-up with the BoM, which
is not much of a hang-up since it is simply based upon the presumption that when JS translated the plates, he
did so word for word--which may have been OK for most of the passages, but when
he came to passages he was familiar with, he did the normal thing which I myself
would have done--he just went to the Bible and copied that part, since it
translated the same anyway. There are a few minor differences,
however--thus far, the Quamran scrolls have verified the differences, or so
I have read. Unfortunately, in my last move, I lost track of the reading
material to refer you to on that, but if I run across it, I will definitely post
it.
The Lehi group (you are familiar with this group) had all of the first five
books of Moses, plus some of the prophets, Isaiah apparently included, on brass
plates. Nephi had to kill Laban, as the story goes, to obtain these plates,
with the reasoning being that it was better for one wicked man to die than for a
whole nation to dwindle and perish in unbelief. Sounds like a genuine
conversation between Nephi and the Spirit of the Lord to me!!! There are
many such "genuine" passages in the BoM--may I suggest next time you read
it (if ever), you do so with a mind set looking for the "genuineness" of
the book. It sincerely is what it says it is.
In a message dated 7/24/2005 6:14:38 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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