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01 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: The Book of Mormon, translated by Joseph Smith. First Nephi,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter one. I Nephi, having been born of goodly parents,
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  Speaker 1: Therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of
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  Speaker 1: my father, and having seen many afflictions in the course
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  Speaker 1: of my days. Nevertheless, having been highly favored of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord in all my days, Yea, having had a great
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I make a record of my proceedings in my days. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: I make a record in the language of my father,
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  Speaker 1: which consists of the learning of the Jews and the
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  Speaker 1: language of the Egyptians. And I know that the record
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  Speaker 1: which I make is true, and I make it with
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  Speaker 1: mine own hand, and I make it according to my knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: For it came to pass in the commencement of the
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  Speaker 1: first year of the reign of Zedekiah, King of Judah,
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  Speaker 1: my father Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days,
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  Speaker 1: and in that same year there came many prophets prophesying
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  Speaker 1: unto the people that they must repent or the great
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  Speaker 1: city Jerusalem must be destroyed. Wherefore he came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that my father Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Yea even with all his heart in behalf
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  Speaker 1: of his people. And he came to pass as he
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  Speaker 1: prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire,
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  Speaker 1: and dwelt upon a rock before him, and he saw
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  Speaker 1: and heard much. And because of the things which he
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  Speaker 1: saw and heard, he did quake and tremble exceedingly. And
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  Speaker 1: he came to pass that he returned to his own
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  Speaker 1: house at Jerusalem, and he cast himself upon his bed,
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  Speaker 1: being overcome with the spirit and the things which he
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  Speaker 1: had seen. And being thus overcome with the spirit, he
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  Speaker 1: was carried away in a vision, even that he saw
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  Speaker 1: the heavens open, and he thought he saw God sitting
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  Speaker 1: upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in
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  Speaker 1: the attitude of singing and praising their God. And came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that he saw one descending out of the
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  Speaker 1: midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was
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  Speaker 1: above that of the sun at noonday. And he also
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  Speaker 1: saw twelve others following him, and their brightness did exceed
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  Speaker 1: that of the stars in the firmament. And they came
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  Speaker 1: down and went forth upon the face of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: And the first came and stood before my father and
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  Speaker 1: gave unto him a book, and bade him that he
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  Speaker 1: should read. And he came to pass that as he read,
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  Speaker 1: he was filled with the spirit of the Lord. And
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  Speaker 1: he read saying, woe well unto Jerusalem, for I have
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  Speaker 1: seen thine abominations. Yea. And many things did my father
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  Speaker 1: read concerning Jerusalem, that it should be destroyed, and the
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  Speaker 1: inhabitants thereof many should perish by the sword, and many
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  Speaker 1: should be carried away captive into Babylon. And he came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that when my father had read and seen
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  Speaker 1: many great and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things
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  Speaker 1: unto the Lord, such as great and marvelous are thy works, O, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: God Almighty, Thy throne is high in the heavens, and
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  Speaker 1: thy power and goodness and mercy are over all the
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  Speaker 1: inhabitants of the earth. And because thou art merciful, thou
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  Speaker 1: wilt not suffer those who come unto thee that they
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  Speaker 1: shall perish. And after this manner was the language of
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  Speaker 1: my father in the praising of his God. For his
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  Speaker 1: soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled because
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  Speaker 1: of the things which he had seen Yea, which the
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  Speaker 1: Lord had shown unto him. And now I, Nephi, do
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  Speaker 1: not make a full account of the things which my
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  Speaker 1: father hath written. For he hath written many things which
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  Speaker 1: he saw in visions and in dreams. And he also
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  Speaker 1: hath written many things which he prophesied and spake unto
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  Speaker 1: his children, of which I shall not make a full account.
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  Speaker 1: But I shall make an account of my proceedings in
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  Speaker 1: my days. Behold, I make an abridgment of the record
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  Speaker 1: of my father upon plates which I have made with
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  Speaker 1: mine own hands. Wherefore, after I have abridged the record
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  Speaker 1: of my father, then will I make an account of
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  Speaker 1: mine own life. Therefore I would that ye should know
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  Speaker 1: that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things
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  Speaker 1: unto my father Lehi yea concerning the destruction of Jerusalem. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: he went forth among the people and began to prophesy
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  Speaker 1: and to declare unto them concerning the things which he
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  Speaker 1: had both seen and heard. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that the Jews did mock him because of the things
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  Speaker 1: which he testified of them. For he truly testified of
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  Speaker 1: their wickedness and their abominations, and he testified that the
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  Speaker 1: things which he saw and heard, and also the things
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  Speaker 1: which he read in the book manifested plainly of the
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  Speaker 1: coming of the Messiah, and also the redemption of the world.
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  Speaker 1: And when the Jews heard these things, they were angry
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  Speaker 1: with him, yea, even as with the prophets of old,
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  Speaker 1: whom they had cast out and stoned and slain. And
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  Speaker 1: they also sought his life that they might take it away.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, I Nephi will show unto you that the
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  Speaker 1: tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom
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  Speaker 1: he hath chosen because of their faith, to make them mighty,
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  Speaker 1: even unto the power of deliverance. First Nephi chapter two.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, he came to pass that the Lord spake
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  Speaker 1: unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said
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  Speaker 1: unto him, blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things
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  Speaker 1: which thou hast done, and because thou hast been faithful
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  Speaker 1: and declared unto this people the things which I commanded
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  Speaker 1: thee Behold, they seek to take away thy life. And
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  Speaker 1: he came to pass that the Lord commanded my father
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  Speaker 1: even in a dream, that he should take his family
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  Speaker 1: and depart into the wilderness. And he came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him. And he
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that he departed into the wilderness. And
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  Speaker 1: he left his house and the land of his inheritance,
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  Speaker 1: and his gold and his silver, and his precious things,
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  Speaker 1: and took nothing with him save it were his family,
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  Speaker 1: and provisions and tents, and departed into the wilderness. And
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  Speaker 1: he came down by the borders near the shore of
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea. And he traveled in the wilderness and
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  Speaker 1: the borders which are nearer the Red Sea. And he
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  Speaker 1: did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted
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  Speaker 1: of my mother Soria, and my elder brothers, who were Layman,
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  Speaker 1: Lemuel and Sam. And he came to pass that when
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  Speaker 1: he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched
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  Speaker 1: his tent in a valley by the side of a
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  Speaker 1: river of water. And he came to pass that he
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  Speaker 1: built an altar of stones and made an offering unto
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.
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  Speaker 1: And came to pass that he called the name of
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  Speaker 1: the river Layman, and it emptied into the Red Sea.
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  Speaker 1: And the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof.
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  Speaker 1: And when my father saw that the waters of the
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  Speaker 1: river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he
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  Speaker 1: spake unto Layman sang Oh, that thou mightest be like
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  Speaker 1: unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness.
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  Speaker 1: And he also spake unto Lemuel, Oh, that thou mightest
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  Speaker 1: be like unto this valley, firm and steadfast and immovable
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  Speaker 1: in keeping the commandments of the Lord. Now this he
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  Speaker 1: spake because of the stiff neckedness of Layman and Lemuel.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, they did murmur in many things against their father,
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  Speaker 1: because he was a visionary man, and had led them
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  Speaker 1: out of the land of Jerusalem, to leave the land
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  Speaker 1: of their inheritance, and their gold and their silver, and
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  Speaker 1: their precious things, to perish in the wilderness. And this
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  Speaker 1: they said he had done because of the foolish imaginations
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  Speaker 1: of his heart. And thus Layman and Lemuel, being the eldest,
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  Speaker 1: did murmur against their father. And they did murmur because
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  Speaker 1: because they knew not the dealings of that God who
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  Speaker 1: had created them. Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that
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  Speaker 1: great city, could be destroyed. According to the words of
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  Speaker 1: the prophets, and they were like unto the Jews who
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  Speaker 1: were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life
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  Speaker 1: of my father. And it came to pass that my
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  Speaker 1: father did speak unto them in the valley of Lemuel,
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  Speaker 1: with power being filled with the spirit, until their frames
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  Speaker 1: did shake before him, and he did confound them that
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  Speaker 1: they durst not utter against him. Wherefore they did as
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  Speaker 1: he commanded them, and my father dwelt in a tent.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I Nephi, being exceedingly young,
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  Speaker 1: nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires
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  Speaker 1: to know of the mysteries of God. Wherefore I did
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  Speaker 1: cry unto the Lord, and behold, he did visit me
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  Speaker 1: and did soften my heart that I did believe all
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  Speaker 1: the words which had been spoken by my father. Wherefore
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  Speaker 1: I did not rebel against him, like unto my brothers.
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  Speaker 1: And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the
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  Speaker 1: things which the Lord had manifested unto me by his
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. And came to pass that he believed in
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  Speaker 1: my words. But behold, Laymen and Lemuel would not hearken
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  Speaker 1: unto my words. And being grieved because of the hardness
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  Speaker 1: of their hearts. I cried unto the Lord for them.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying,
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  Speaker 1: blessed art Thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, For thou
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  Speaker 1: hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart. And inasmuch
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  Speaker 1: as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and
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  Speaker 1: shall be led to a land of promise, YEA even
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  Speaker 1: a land which I have prepared for you. YEA a
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  Speaker 1: land which is choice above all other lands. And inasmuch
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  Speaker 1: as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be
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  Speaker 1: cut off from the presence of the Lord. And inasmuch
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  Speaker 1: as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made
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  Speaker 1: a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren. For behold,
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  Speaker 1: in that day that they shall rebel against me, I
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  Speaker 1: will curse them even with a sore curse, and they
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  Speaker 1: shall have no power over Thy seed, except they shall
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  Speaker 1: rebel against me also, And if it so be that
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  Speaker 1: they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto
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  Speaker 1: Thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.
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  Speaker 1: First Nephi chapter three. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: I Nephi returned from speaking with the Lord to the
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  Speaker 1: tent of my father, and he came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: he spake unto me, saying, behold, I have dreamed a
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  Speaker 1: dream in which the Lord Hath commanded me that thou
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  Speaker 1: and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem. For behold, Laban
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  Speaker 1: hath the record of the Jews, and also a genealogy
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  Speaker 1: of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers
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  Speaker 1: should go unto the house of Laban and seek the records,
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  Speaker 1: and bring them down hither into the wilderness. And now
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  Speaker 1: behold thy brother's murmur, saying it is a hard thing
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  Speaker 1: which I have required of them. But behold, I have
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  Speaker 1: not required it of them, but it is a commandment
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Therefore, go, my son, and thou shalt
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  Speaker 1: be favored of the Lord, because thou hast not murmured.
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  Speaker 1: And he came to pass that I Nephi said, unto
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  Speaker 1: my father, I will go and do the things which
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Hath commanded, For I know that the Lord
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  Speaker 1: giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he
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  Speaker 1: shall prepare a way for them, that they may accomplish
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  Speaker 1: the thing which he commandeth them. And he came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that when my father had heard these words, he
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  Speaker 1: was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been
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  Speaker 1: blessed of the Lord. And I, Nephi and my brethren
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  Speaker 1: took our journey in the wilderness with our tents, to
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  Speaker 1: go up to the land of Jerusalem. And he came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that when we had gone up to the
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  Speaker 1: land of Jerusalem, I and my brethren did consult one
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  Speaker 1: with another, and we cast lots, who of us should
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  Speaker 1: go in unto the house of Laban. And he came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that the lot fell upon Layman, and Layman
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  Speaker 1: went in unto the house of Laban. And he talked
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  Speaker 1: with him as he sat in his house, and he
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  Speaker 1: desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the
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  Speaker 1: plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father.
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  Speaker 1: And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry
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  Speaker 1: and thrust him out from his presence. And he would
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  Speaker 1: not that he should have the records. Wherefore he set
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  Speaker 1: unto him. Behold, thou art a robber, and I will
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  Speaker 1: slay thee. But layman fled out of his presence and
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  Speaker 1: told the things which Laban had done unto us, And
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  Speaker 1: we began to be exceedingly sorrowful. And my brethren were
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  Speaker 1: about to return unto my father in the wilderness. But behold,
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  Speaker 1: I set on them that as the Lord liveth and
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  Speaker 1: as we live, we will not go down unto our
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  Speaker 1: father and the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing
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  Speaker 1: which the Lord hath commanded us. Wherefore, let us be
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  Speaker 1: faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord. Therefore, let
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  Speaker 1: us go down to the land of our father's inheritance.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, he left gold and silver and all manner
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  Speaker 1: of riches, and all this he hath done because of
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  Speaker 1: the commandments of the Lord. For he knew that Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: must be destroyed because of the wickedness of the people.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore,
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  Speaker 1: if my father should dwell in the land after he
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  Speaker 1: hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold,
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  Speaker 1: he would also perish. Wherefore it must needs be that
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  Speaker 1: he flee out of the land. And behold, it is
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  Speaker 1: wisdom and God that we should obtain these records that
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  Speaker 1: we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers,
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  Speaker 1: and also that we may preserve unto them the words
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  Speaker 1: which have been spoken by the mouth of all the
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  Speaker 1: holy prophets which have been delivered unto them by the
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  Speaker 1: spirit and power of God. Since the world began even
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  Speaker 1: down unto this present time. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that after this manner of language, did I persuade my
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  Speaker 1: brethren that they might be faithful in keeping the commandments
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  Speaker 1: of God. And it came to pass that we went
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  Speaker 1: down to the land of our inheritance, and we did
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  Speaker 1: gather together our gold and our silver, and our precious things.
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  Speaker 1: And after we had gathered these things together, we went
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  Speaker 1: up again unto the house of Laban. And he came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that we went in unto Laban and desired
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  Speaker 1: him that he would give unto us the records which
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  Speaker 1: were engraven upon the plates of brass, for which we
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  Speaker 1: would give unto him our gold and our silver, and
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  Speaker 1: all our precious things. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when Laban saw our property, and that it was exceedingly great,
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  Speaker 1: he did lust after it insomuch that he thrungt us
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  Speaker 1: out and sent his servants to slay us, that he
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  Speaker 1: might obtain our property. And he came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: we did flee before the servants of Laban, and we
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  Speaker 1: were obliged to leave behind our property, and it fell
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  Speaker 1: into the hands of Laban. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that we fled into the wilderness, and the servants of
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  Speaker 1: Laban did not overtake us, and we hid ourselves in
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  Speaker 1: the cavity of a rock. And he came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that Layman was angry with me, and also with my father,
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  Speaker 1: and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the words
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  Speaker 1: of Layman. Wherefore Layman and Lemuel did speak many hard
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  Speaker 1: words unto us their younger brothers, and they did smite us,
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  Speaker 1: even with a rod. And he came to pass, as
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  Speaker 1: they smote us with a rod, Behold, an angel of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake
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  Speaker 1: unto them, saying, why do ye smite your younger brother
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  Speaker 1: with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath
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  Speaker 1: chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this
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  Speaker 1: because of your iniquities. Behold, ye shall go up to
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.
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  Speaker 1: And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed,
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  Speaker 1: And after the angel had departed, Layman and Lemuel again
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  Speaker 1: began to murmur, saying, how is it possible that the
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  Speaker 1: Lord will deliver Laban into our hands? Behold, he is
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  Speaker 1: a mighty man, and he can command fifty yea, even
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  Speaker 1: he can slay fifty. Then why not us first Nephi
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  Speaker 1: chapter four, And it came to pass that I spake
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  Speaker 1: unto my brethren, saying, let us go up again unto Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. For behold, he is mightier than all the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty yea,
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  Speaker 1: or even than his tens of thousands. Therefore, let us
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  Speaker 1: go up, let us be strong like unto Moses. For
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  Speaker 1: he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea.
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  Speaker 1: And they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came
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  Speaker 1: through out of captivity on dry ground, and the armies
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  Speaker 1: of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters
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  Speaker 1: of the red sea. Now behold, ye know that this
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  Speaker 1: is true. And ye also now that an angel hath
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  Speaker 1: spoken unto you. Wherefore can ye doubt let us go up.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord is able to deliver us even as our fathers,
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  Speaker 1: and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians. Now, when
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  Speaker 1: I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and
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  Speaker 1: did still continue to murmur. Nevertheless, they did follow me
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  Speaker 1: up until we came without the walls of Jerusalem. And
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  Speaker 1: it was by night, and I caused that they should
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  Speaker 1: hide themselves without the walls. And after they had hid themselves,
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  Speaker 1: I Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards
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  Speaker 1: the house of Laban. And I was led by the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: not knowing beforehand the things which I should do. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: I went forth, And as I came near unto the
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  Speaker 1: house of Laban, I beheld a man, and he had
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  Speaker 1: fallen to the earth before me, for he was drunken
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  Speaker 1: with wine. And when I came to him, I found
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  Speaker 1: that it was Laban. And I beheld his sword, and
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  Speaker 1: I drew it forth from the sheath thereof, And the
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  Speaker 1: hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the workmanship thereof
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  Speaker 1: was exceedingly fine. And I saw that the blade thereof
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  Speaker 1: was of the most precious steel. And he came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that I was constrained by the spirit that I
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  Speaker 1: should kill Laban, But I said in my heart, never
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  Speaker 1: at any time have I shed the blood of man.
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  Speaker 1: And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
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  Speaker 1: And the spirit set unto me again. Behold, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea. And I also
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  Speaker 1: knew that he had sought to take away mine own life. Yea.
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  Speaker 1: And he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: And he also had taken away our property. And he
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the spirit set unto me again
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  Speaker 1: slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes.
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  Speaker 1: It is better that one man should perish than that
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  Speaker 1: a nation should dwindle and perish an unbelief. And now,
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  Speaker 1: when I Nephi had heard these words, I remembered the
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  Speaker 1: words of the Lord, which he spake unto me in
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  Speaker 1: the wilderness, saying that inasmuch as thy seed shall keep
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  Speaker 1: my commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise. Yea.
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  Speaker 1: And I also thought that they could not keep the
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  Speaker 1: commandments of the Lord according to the Law of Moses,
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  Speaker 1: save they should have the law and I also knew
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  Speaker 1: that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.
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  Speaker 1: And again I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban
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  Speaker 1: into my hands for this cause, that I might obtain
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  Speaker 1: the records according to his commandments. Therefore I did obey
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  Speaker 1: the voice of the Spirit and took Laban by them
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  Speaker 1: hair of the head, and I smote off his head
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  Speaker 1: with his own sword. And after I had smitten off
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  Speaker 1: his head with his own sword, I took the garments
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  Speaker 1: of Laban and put them upon mine own body, yea
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  Speaker 1: even every whit, and I did gird on his armor
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  Speaker 1: about my loins. And after I had done this, I
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  Speaker 1: went forth unto the treasury of Laban. And as I
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  Speaker 1: went forth towards the treasury of Laban, behold I saw
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  Speaker 1: the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.
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  Speaker 1: And I commanded him in the voice of Laban, that
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  Speaker 1: he should go with me into the treasury. And he
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  Speaker 1: supposed me to be his master Laban, for he beheld
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  Speaker 1: the garments and also the sword girded about my loins.
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  Speaker 1: And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews.
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  Speaker 1: He knowing that his master Laban had been out by
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  Speaker 1: night among them, and I spake unto him as if
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  Speaker 1: it had been Laban. And I also spake unto him
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  Speaker 1: that I should carry the engravings which were upon the
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  Speaker 1: plates of brass, to my elder brethren, who were without
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  Speaker 1: the walls. And I also bade him that he should
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  Speaker 1: follow me. And he supposing that I spake of the
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  Speaker 1: brethren of the church, and that I was truly that
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  Speaker 1: Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.
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  Speaker 1: And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders
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  Speaker 1: of the Jews. As I went forth unto my brethren
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  Speaker 1: who were without the walls. And he came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that when Layman saw me, he was exceedingly frightened, and
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  Speaker 1: also Lemuel and Sam, and they fled from before my presence,
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  Speaker 1: for they supposed it was Laban and that he had
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  Speaker 1: slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.
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  Speaker 1: And he came to pass that I called after them,
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  Speaker 1: and they did hear me. Wherefore they did cease to
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  Speaker 1: flee from my presence. And he came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren, he began
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  Speaker 1: to tremble and was about to flee from before me
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  Speaker 1: and return to the city of Jerusalem. And now I Nephi,
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  Speaker 1: being a man large in stature, and also having received
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  Speaker 1: much strength of the Lord. Therefore I did seize upon
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  Speaker 1: the servant of Laban and held him that he should
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  Speaker 1: not flee. And he came to pass that I spake
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  Speaker 1: with him that if he would hearken unto my words,
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord liveth and as I live, even so
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  Speaker 1: that if he would hearken unto our words, we would
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  Speaker 1: spare his life. And I spake unto him, even with
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  Speaker 1: an oath, that he need not fear that he should
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  Speaker 1: be a free man like unto us, if he would
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  Speaker 1: go down in the wilderness with us. And I also
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  Speaker 1: spake unto him, saying, surely the Lord hath commanded us
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  Speaker 1: to do this thing, and shall we not be diligent
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  Speaker 1: in keeping the commandments of the Lord. Therefore, if thou
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  Speaker 1: wilt go down into the wilderness to my father, thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt have place with us. And he came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that Zaram did take courage at the words which I spake. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Zorim was the name of the servant, and he promised
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  Speaker 1: that he would go down unto the wilderness, unto all
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  Speaker 1: father Yea. And he also made an oath unto us
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  Speaker 1: that he would tarry with us from that time forth.
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  Speaker 1: Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us
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  Speaker 1: for this cause, that the Jews might not know concerning
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  Speaker 1: our flight into the wilderness, lest they should pursue us
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  Speaker 1: and destroy us. And he came to pass that when
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  Speaker 1: Zaram had made an oath unto us, our fears did
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  Speaker 1: cease concerning him. And he came to pass that we
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  Speaker 1: took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban,
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  Speaker 1: and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent
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  Speaker 1: of our father. End of First Nephi, Chapters one through four.