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Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites — Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile — Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation — Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed — To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof — Sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile — The interpretation thereof by the gift of God.
An abridgment taken from the Book of Ether also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, when they were building a tower to get to heaven — Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever — And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting himself unto all nations — And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ.
Translated By Joseph Smith, Jun.
An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah, and his four sons, being called, (beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord warns Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he prophesieth unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy his life. He taketh three days' journey into the wilderness with his family. Nephi taketh his brethren and returneth to the land of Jerusalem after the record of the Jews. The account of their sufferings. They take the daughters of Ishmael to wife. They take their families and depart into the wilderness. Their sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness. The course of their travels. They come to the large waters. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. He confoundeth them, and buildeth a ship. They call the place Bountiful. They cross the large waters into the promised land, &c. This is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words, I, Nephi, wrote this record.
1 Nephi 1: Lehi's vision of the pillar of fire and the book of prophecy — he predicts the impending fate of Jerusalem, and foretells the coming of the Messiah — The Jews seek his life.
1 Nephi 2: Lehi departs with his family into the wilderness bordering on the Red Sea — His elder sons, Laman and Lemuel, murmur against him — Nephi and Sam believe his words — The Lord's promises to Nephi.
1 Nephi 3: Lehi's sons sent back to Jerusalem to obtain the plates of brass — Laban refuses to deliver the plates — Laman and Lemuel reproved by an angel.
1 Nephi 4: Nephi secures possession of the plates by stratagem — Laban slain with his own sword — Zoram accompanies Nephi and his brothers into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 5: Sariah's complaint against Lehi — Both rejoice over their sons' return — Contents of the brass plates — Lehi a descendant of Joseph — Laban also of that lineage — Lehi's prophecies.
1 Nephi 6: Nephi's intent — He writes what is pleasing to God.
1 Nephi 7: Lehi's sons again sent back to Jerusalem — Ishmael and household agree to join Lehi's company — Dissension — Nephi, bound with cords, is freed through power of faith — His rebellious brethren repent.
1 Nephi 8: Lehi's dream of the tree, the river and the rod of iron — Laman and Lemuel partake not of the fruit of the tree.
1 Nephi 9: Concerning the plates of Nephi — Two sets of records, one of the ministry, the other of rulers, wars, etc.
1 Nephi 10: Lehi predicts the Babylonian captivity, and the coming of the Lamb of God — The house of Israel likened to an olive-tree — Dispersion and subsequent gathering typified.
1 Nephi 11: Nephi and the Spirit of the Lord — Lehi's prophetic dream interpreted — Nephi's vision of the Virgin and the Son of God — Christ's ministry foreshown.
1 Nephi 12: Nephi's vision of the land of promise — The future appearing of the Savior to the people of Nephi — Their righteousness, iniquity, and downfall foreseen.
1 Nephi 13: The nations of the Gentiles — A great and abominable church — America's history foreshadowed — The Bible and the Book of Mormon.
1 Nephi 14: Alternative blessing or cursing for the Gentiles — Two churches only — Doom of the mother of harlots — Mission of John the Revelator — End of Nephi's vision.
1 Nephi 15: Lehi's teachings interpreted by Nephi — The olive-tree — The tree of life — The word of God.
1 Nephi 16: Lehi's sons and the daughters of Ishmael intermarry — The journey continued — The ball or director given — Death of Ishmael.
1 Nephi 17: Irreantum or many waters — The Lord commands Nephi to build a ship — His brethren oppose him and are confounded.
1 Nephi 18: The ship completed — Jacob and Joseph — The voyage begun — Revelry and rebellion — A storm at sea — Arrival in the promised land.
1 Nephi 19: Nephi's record of his people — Sundry prophets mentioned — Zenos and his predictions.
1 Nephi 20: Prophecies recorded on the plates of brass — Compare Isaiah 48.
1 Nephi 21: Isaiah's writings, as recorded upon the plates of brass, continued — Compare Isaiah 49.
1 Nephi 22: Nephi expounds the prophecies of Isaiah — prediction of a mighty Gentile nation on the promised land — Lehi's descendants to be nourished by the Gentiles — The fate of those who fight against Zion.
An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, &c.
2 Nephi 1: A land of liberty, blessed for the righteous but cursed for the wicked — Lehi's exhortation.
2 Nephi 2: Lehi to his son Jacob — Opposition necessary in all things — The forbidden fruit and the tree of life — Adam fell that men might be — Messiah, the great Mediator, to redeem mankind.
2 Nephi 3: Lehi to his son Joseph — A prophecy by Joseph in Egypt — A choice seer foretold — The mission of Moses — Hebrew and Nephite scriptures.
2 Nephi 4: Lehi blesses the sons and daughters of Laman and Lemuel — Blessings upon Ishmael's household and upon Sam and his posterity — death of Lehi — Further rebellion.
2 Nephi 5: Nephi, warned of God, separates from those who seek his life — Zoram, Sam, Jacob and Joseph and others accompany him — The sword of Laban — A temple built — Nephi a king or protector — The rebellious cursed with a dark skin — Priests and teachers consecrated.
2 Nephi 6: Jacob's exhortation to the people — He cites the prophecies of Isaiah.
2 Nephi 7: Jacob's teachings continued — Compare Isaiah 50.
2 Nephi 8: Jacob's teachings continued — Compare Isaiah 51
2 Nephi 9: Jacob's teachings continued — The infinite atonement — The Savior's sufferings foreseen — Where there is no law there is no punishment.
2 Nephi 10: Jacob's teachings continued — The coming of Christ — No kings upon the land of promise — they who fight against Zion shall perish.
2 Nephi 11: Jacob's teachings continued — Witnesses for the word of God — Types of the Redeemer.
2 Nephi 12: Prophecies as recorded on the brass plates — Compare Isaiah 2.
2 Nephi 13: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 3.
2 Nephi 14: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 4.
2 Nephi 15: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 5.
2 Nephi 16: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 6.
2 Nephi 17: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 7.
2 Nephi 18: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 8.
2 Nephi 19: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 9.
2 Nephi 20: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 10.
2 Nephi 21: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 11.
2 Nephi 22: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 12.
2 Nephi 23: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 13.
2 Nephi 24: Scriptures from the brass plates continued — Compare Isaiah 14.
2 Nephi 25: Nephi's comments — His prediction of the scattering and subsequent gathering of Israel — Time of the Messiah's advent specified.
2 Nephi 26: Nephi's predictions continued — Christ to come to the Nephites — Their final destruction — The days of the Gentiles.
2 Nephi 27: Nephi's predictions continued — God's judgments upon the wicked — The sealed book — The unlearned man — The three witnesses — A marvelous work and a wonder.
2 Nephi 28: Nephi's predictions continued — Latter-day churches and conditions — The kingdom of the devil to be shaken — The misleading precepts of men.
2 Nephi 29: Nephi's predictions continued — The Gentiles and the Bible — Other records — God's words to be gathered in one.
2 Nephi 30: Nephi's predictions continued — Converted Gentiles to be numbered with the covenant people — Jews and Lamanites to believe — The wicked to be destroyed.
2 Nephi 31: Nephi's predictions continued — Why the Savior would be baptized — The straight and narrow way.
2 Nephi 32: Nephi's predictions continued — The tongue of angels — Office of the Holy Ghost.
2 Nephi 33: Nephi's parting testimony — Not mighty in writing as in speaking — His great concern for his people.
The words of his preaching unto his brethren. He confoundeth a man who seeketh to overthrow the doctrine of Christ. A few words concerning the history of the people of Nephi.
Jacob 1: Nephites and Lamanites — Death of Nephi, son of Lehi — Hardness of heart and wicked practices.
Jacob 2: Jacob's denunciation of unchastity and other sins — Plurality of wives forbidden because of iniquity.
Jacob 3: Jacob's denunciation continued — Lamanites more righteous than Nephites — The former commended for fidelity in marriage — The latter again warned.
Jacob 4: Jacob's teachings continued — The law of Moses among the Nephites pointing them to Christ — His rejection by the Jews forseen.
Jacob 5: Jacob quotes the prophet Zenos — Allegory of the tame and wild olive-tree — Israel and the Gentiles.
Jacob 6: Jacob expounds the allegory of the olive-tree — The pruning of the vineyard.
Jacob 7: Sherem, denying the Christ, demands a sign and is stricken — He confesses his sins and dies — A reformation begins — Hatred of Lamanites for Nephites — Jacob gives the plates to his son Enos.
The Lord's promise concerning a Nephite record to come forth to the Lamanites — Character, condition, and wars of the two peoples.
Jarom, son of Enos, keeps the records — The Nephites serve the Lord and are prospered.
Comprising records kept by Omni, Amaron, Chemish, Abinadom, and Amaleki — Mosiah, leaving the land of Nephi, discovers the land of Zarahemla, occupied by another colony from Jerusalem — He is made king — Coriantumr, the last of the Jaredites — King Benjamin — Other migrations.
Mormon's abridgment and the smaller plates of Nephi — Relation of the foregoing part of the Book of Mormon to that which follows.
Mosiah 1: King Benjamin's exhortation to his sons — Mosiah chosen to succeed his father — Mosiah receives the records, etc.
Mosiah 2: King Benjamin builds a tower from which he addresses his people — the righteous reign of a God-fearing king.
Mosiah 3: King Benjamin's address continued — Another prophecy of the Christ — More concerning the atonement.
Mosiah 4: King Benjamin's address concluded — The conditions of salvation — Man's dependence upon God — Liberality, wisdom and diligence enjoined.
Mosiah 5: Effect of king Benjamin's address — The people repent and enter into covenant with Christ, and are called by his name.
Mosiah 6: Names of the people recorded — Priests appointed — Beginning of Mosiah's reign — Death of king Benjamin.
Mosiah 7: Expedition to the land of Lehi-Nephi — Ammon and king Limhi — People of Lehi-Nephi in bondage to Lamanites.
Mosiah 8: Ammon learns of the discovery of twenty-four gold plates with engravings — He suggests their submission to king Mosiah, prophet and seer.
Mosiah 9: THE RECORD OF ZENIFF. — An account of his people, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the time that they were delivered out of the hands of the Lamanites. Comprising chapters 9 to 22 inclusive.
Mosiah 10: King Laman dies — Zeniff and his people prevail against their oppressors.
Mosiah 11: The wicked king Noah and his priests — The prophet Abinadi denounces the prevailing wickedness — King Noah seeks his life.
Mosiah 12: Abinadi, for denouncing evil-doers, is cast into prison — The false priests sit in judgment upon him — They are confounded.
Mosiah 13: Abinadi the prophet, protected by divine power, withstands the priests and cites the Law and the Gospel.
Mosiah 14: Abinadi quotes Isaiah to the priests of king Noah — Compare Isaiah 53.
Mosiah 15: Abinadi's prophecy — God himself to come down and redeem his people — Why Jesus Christ is called the Father and the Son.
Mosiah 16: Abinadi continues his prophecy — Christ the only Redeemer — Resurrection and judgment.
Mosiah 17: Martyrdom of Abinadi — While suffering death by fire he predicts retribution upon his murderers — Conversion of Alma.
Mosiah 18: The waters of Mormon — Alma baptizes Helam and others — The church of Christ — King Noah sends an army to destroy Alma and his followers.
Mosiah 19: A futile search — Gideon's insurrection — A Lamanite invasion — King Noah suffers death by fire — His son Limhi a tributary monarch.
Mosiah 20: Priests of king Noah carry off daughters of the Lamanites — Lamanites seek revenge upon king Limhi and his people — They are repulsed and pacified.
Mosiah 21: Abinadi's prophecy further fulfilled — Nephites in bondage suffer great affliction — The Lord softens the hearts of their enemies — More concerning the twenty-four plates.
Mosiah 22: Plan to throw off Lamanite yoke — Gideon's proposal — Lamanites made drunk — The captive people escape and return to Zarahemla — End of Zeniff's record.
Mosiah 23: An account of Alma and the people of the Lord, who were driven into the wilderness by the people of king Noah. Comprising chapters 23 and 24.
Mosiah 24: Amulon persecutes Alma and his followers — The Lord makes their burdens light and delivers them from bondage — They return to Zarahemla.
Mosiah 25: Zarahemla, a descendent of Mulek — The record of Zeniff and the account of Alma read to the people — Alma authorized to establish the church of Christ throughout the land.
Mosiah 26: Concerning unbelievers and evil-doers — The Lord instructs Alma how to deal with them.
Mosiah 27: Persecution forbidden and equality enjoined — Alma, the younger, and the four sons of Mosiah, among the unbelievers — Their miraculous conversion — They become preachers of righteousness.
Mosiah 28: Mosiah permits his sons to preach to the Lamanites — The twenty-four plates translated — Alma, the younger, made the custodian of the records.
Mosiah 29: King Mosiah discourses upon kingcraft — Recommends representative form of government — Judges elected — Death of Alma, the elder — Mosiah's death ends the reign of the Nephite kings.
The account of Alma, who was the son of Alma the first, and Chief Judge over the people of Nephi, and also the High Priest over the Church. An account of the reign of the Judges, and the wars and contentions among the people. And also an account of a war between the Nephites and the Lamanites, according to the record of Alma, the first and chief Judge.
Alma 1: Nehor, an enemy of the church, slays Gideon, and is brought to judgment and executed — Priestcraft and persecution — Improved conditions — Priests and people equal.
Alma 2: Amlici seeks to become king — Rejected by the majority, but is made king — He is defeated in battle — He joins the Lamanites — Alma slays Amlici and routs his forces.
Alma 3: The mark of the Amlicites, and the curse upon the Lamanites — Another Nephite victory.
Alma 4: Growth of the church — Prosperity, pride, and iniquity — Nephihah made chief judge.
Alma 5: The words which Alma, the High Priest according to the holy order of God, delivered to the people in their cities and villages throughout the land — He recounts the experience of the church — Denounces iniquity — Calls upon the people to repent.
Alma 6: The reform movement, begun in Zarahemla, is carried to the city of Gideon.
Alma 7: The words of Alma which he delivered to the people in Gideon, according to his own record — His testimony of the Redeemer — he commends the people for their righteousness.
Alma 8: Alma's success in Melek — The people of Ammonihah cast him out — Comforted by an angel, he returns — Amulek joins him in the ministry — Great power given.
Alma 9: Alma preaches to the people of Ammonihah and calls them to repentance — His testimony rejected.
Alma 10: Amulek's lineage — Lehi a descendant of Joseph through Manasseh — Amulek tells of his conversion — His testimony — He denounces designing lawyers and judges — Zeezrom.
Alma 11: Judges and their compensation — Nephite coins and measures — Zeezrom confounded by Amulek.
Alma 12: Amulek's testimony confirmed by Alma — Doctrine of the tree of life — The plan of redemption expounded.
Alma 13: Alma's discourse continued — The holy order of the Son of God — High Priests — Why ordained — Melchizedek and Abraham.
Alma 14: Alma and Amulek imprisoned — their adherents persecuted — Deaths by fire — Zeezrom, now repentant, pleads their cause and is cast out — The prophets delivered and their enemies slain.
Alma 15: Zeezrom, miraculously healed, joins the church and preaches — Many baptized — Alma and Amulek return to Zarahemla.
Alma 16: A cry of war — The wicked city Ammonihah destroyed by Lamanites — Zoram and his sons rout the enemy — Desolation of Nehors — The church widely established.
Alma 17: Ammon in the land of Ishmael — he becomes a servant to king Lamoni — His heroic defense of the king's flocks.
Alma 18: King Lamoni mistakes Ammon for the Great Spirit — He is taught concerning the true God — Is overcome by the Spirit of the Lord.
Alma 19: A wonderful conversion — Abish the Lamanite woman — Lamanite king and queen espouse the faith — Ammon establishes the church in Ishmael.
Alma 20: Ammon and king Lamoni journey to Middoni — the meet Lamoni's father who is king over all the land — Hostile at first, he relents, and grants great favors.
Alma 21: An account of the preaching of Aaron, and Muloki, and their brethren, to the Lamanites. Comprising chapters 21 to 26 inclusive.
Alma 22: Aaron in the land of Nephi — The king and all his household converted — Country divided between Nephites and Lamanites.
Alma 23: Religious freedom is proclaimed — Many Lamanites converted — Amalekites and Amulonites reject the truth — The Anti-Nephi-Lehies.
Alma 24: Lamanites come against the people of God — Converted Lamanites refuse to take up arms — More conversions.
Alma 25: Lamanite aggressions — Vengeance by Amulonites — Martyrdoms — Further fulfillment of Abinadi's prophecy.
Alma 26: Ammon glories in the Lord — Boasting in righteousness — he recounts blessings to him and his brethren.
Alma 27: People of Anti-Nephi-Lehi seek safety in Zarahemla — they are called the people of Ammon — Land of Jershon given to them.
Alma 28: Lamanites make war upon Nephites — A tremendous battle — Lamanites defeated — Deep mourning.
Alma 29: Alma's yearning desire to cry repentance to all — God's word apportioned in wisdom — Alma rejoices over success of his brethren.
Alma 30: Korihor the Anti-Christ — Expelled from Jershon and arrested at Gideon — Arraigned in Zarahemla — he demands a sign and is stricken dumb — His miserable death.
Alma 31: Alma heads a mission to reclaim the apostate Zoramites — The Rameumptom or holy stand — The Zoramite form of worship.
Alma 32: The poor hearken to message of salvation — Alma's commendation and discourse — Faith developed by desire to believe.
Alma 33: Alma's discourse continued — True worship not confined to sanctuaries — The prophets Zenos and Zenock again cited.
Alma 34: Amulek's testimony — The great and last sacrifice — how mercy satisfies justice — Repentance not to be procrastinated.
Alma 35: Nephite missionaries retire to land of Jershon — Their Zoramite converts, expelled from their own country, rejoin them — Preparations for war.
Alma 36: The commandments of Alma to his son, Helaman. Comprising chapters 36 and 37.
Alma 37: Helaman entrusted with the records and other sacred relics — Gazelem — The Liahona a type of the word of Christ.
Alma 38: The commandments of Alma to his son, Shiblon.
Alma 39: The commandments of Alma to his son, Corianton. Comprising chapters 39 to 42 inclusive.
Alma 40: Alma to Corianton continued — Resurrection universal — Separate states of righteous and wicked between death and resurrection — A literal restoration.
Alma 41: Alma to Corianton continued — What restoration signifies — men to be judged according to their deeds and desires — Self-judgment.
Alma 42: Alma to Corianton continued — Justice and mercy expounded — The tree of life — Mortality a period of probation — Spiritual and temporal death — Repentance, atonement, law, punishment, all necessary.
Alma 43: Another Lamanite invasion — Armies of Moroni and Lehi surround and overpower the enemy.
Alma 44: Moroni's magnanimity — Zerahemnah rejects his peace offer, but is compelled to accept terms — Lamanites make covenant of peach — End of Alma's record.
Alma 45: The account of the people of Nephi, and their wars and dissensions, in the days of Helaman, according to the record of Helaman, which he kept in his days. Comprising chapters 45 to 62 inclusive.
Alma 46: Amalickiah conspires to be king — Moroni and the title of liberty — The people covenant to maintain freedom — flight of Amalickiah.
Alma 47: Amalickiah, by treachery, becomes king of the Lamanites — His awful wickedness.
Alma 48: Amalickiah incites the Lamanites against Nephites — Moroni prepares for the conflict — A true patriot and a mighty man of God.
Alma 49: The invading Lamanites baffled and repulsed — Amalickiah's wrath over his failure — Prosperity of the church.
Alma 50: Moroni fortifies the lime between land of Zarahemla and land of Nephi — Morianton plans to occupy the land northward — he is killed by Teancum — Pahoran succeeds Nephihah.
Alma 51: King-men and freemen — Pahoran, chief judge, is sustained by the freemen — King-men suppressed — Amalickiah's invasion, defeat, and death.
Alma 52: Ammoron succeeds Amalickiah — Moroni, with Teancum and Lehi, retakes city of Mulek and wins great victory — Death of Jacob, the Lamanite general.
Alma 53: City Bountiful fortified — Nephite dissension gives advantage to enemy — Helaman and his two thousand stripling warriors.
Alma 54: Ammoron asks for exchange of prisoners — Moroni grants request upon conditions — The Lamanite king's angry reply.
Alma 55: Moroni, incensed at Ammoron's false assertions, refuses to exchange prisoners — Strategy secures release of captured Nephites — City of Gid taken without bloodshed.
Alma 56: Helaman's epistle to Moroni — Wonderful faith and valor of the stripling Ammonites — Another great battle — Nephites victorious.
Alma 57: Helaman's epistle continued — Antiparah retaken — City of Cumeni surrenders — Lamanites driven to Manti — A miraculous preservation — Escape of Lamanite prisoners.
Alma 58: Helaman's epistle concluded — Nephite operations before Manti — A Lamanite sortie — Gid and Teomner capture the city — Enemy withdraws.
Alma 59: Moroni writes to Pahoran, asking reenforcements to Helaman — City of Nephihah taken by Lamanites — Moroni's anger at seeming indifference of the government.
Alma 60: Moroni's second epistle to Pahoran — Complains of neglect — Demands immediate help on peril of reprisal.
Alma 61: Pahoran's patriotic reply — He exonerates himself and the freemen — Nephite state tottering — Governor appeals for military aid against rebels.
Alma 62: Moroni marches to relief of Pahoran — Zarahemla recaptured from the rebels — Help sent to Helaman, Lehi, and Teancum — Lamanites concentrate in the land of Moroni — Teancum slays Ammoron, at cost of his own life — Lamanites driven out of the land.
Alma 63: Shiblon succeeds Helaman — Death of Moroni — Hagoth, builder of ships — Nephite voyages to the land northward — Helaman, son of Helaman, keeps the records — Moronihah defeats Lamanites — End of Alma's account.
An account of the Nephites. Their wars and contentions, and their dissensions. And also the prophecies of many holy prophets, before the coming of Christ, according to the records of Helaman, who was the son of Helaman, and also according to the records of his sons, even down to the coming of Christ. And also many of the Lamanites are converted. An account of their conversion. An account of the righteousness of the Lamanites, and the wickedness and abominations of the Nephites, according to the record of Helaman and his sons, even down to the coming of Christ, which is called the book of Helaman.
Helaman 1: Pahoran's sons contend for the judgment-seat — Pahoran the second is murdered by Kishkumen — Coriantumr, Nephite dissenter — Zarahemla captured and retaken.
Helaman 2: Helaman the second is appointed chief judge — Kishkumen killed — Secret combinations — The Gadianton robbers.
Helaman 3: More migrations to the north — A land of large waters — Buildings of cement — Many records kept — Helaman's son, Nephi, succeeds him.
Helaman 4: Lamanites again invade land of Zarahemla — The city captured — Nephites driven into the land Bountiful — Moronihah fortifies the way — Weakened by wickedness, the Nephites prevail not.
Helaman 5: Nephi yields the judgment-seat to Cezoram — With his brother Lehi he devotes himself to the ministry — Marvelous Manifestations — Converted Lamanites restore conquered Nephite lands.
Helaman 6: Lamanites send missionaries to Nephites — Peace and freedom abound — The land Lehi and the land Mulek — Cezoram and his son murdered — Gadianton robbers seize government.
Helaman 7: The Prophecy of Nephi, the Son of Helaman. — God threatens the people of Nephi that he will visit them in his anger, to their utter destruction except they repent of their wickedness. God smiteth the people of Nephi with pestilence; they repent and turn unto him. Samuel, a Lamanite, prophesies unto the Nephites. Comprising chapters 7 to 16 inclusive.
Helaman 8: Nephite's address continued — Corrupt judges vainly endeavor to incite people against him — By inspiration he announces the murder of the chief judge.
Helaman 9: Nephi's word verified — Chief judge found dead at the judgment-seat — Nephi and five others accused — Their innocence established — The murderer made known.
Helaman 10: Nephi is comforted by the Lord with promise of great power — He preaches repentance and warns the wicked of impending judgments.
Helaman 11: A great famine — The people turn to the Lord and are again prospered — Dissension and strife follow — The Gadianton band revived.
Helaman 12: Human frailty and the goodness and power of God — Blessed are the penitent — Men to be judge according to their works.
Helaman 13: The prophecy of Samuel, the Lamanite, to the Nephites. Comprising chapters 13 to 15 inclusive.
Helaman 14: Samuel the Lamanite predicts the Christ — The sign of Christ's birth to be given in five years — Sign of his death also foretold.
Helaman 15: Samuel the Lamanite continues his warning words — A remnant of his people to be preserved — Nephites to be utterly destroyed unless they repent.
Helaman 16: Some of the Nephites join the church of Christ — The majority reject Samuel's testimony — They attempt to assault and bind him — He escapes and returns to his own country — Nephi's further ministry — Skepticism abounds.
And Helaman was the son of Helaman, who was the son of Alma, who was the son of Alma, being a descendant of Nephi who was the son of Lehi, who came out of Jerusalem in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah.
3 Nephi 1: Nephi, son of Helaman, departs — Signs given of the Savior's birth — Opposite effects manifest — Again, the Gadianton band.
3 Nephi 2: Nephite degeneracy — White Lamanites — Both peoples unite for defence against robbers and murderers.
3 Nephi 3: Lachoneus, governor of the land, receives epistle from Giddianhi, the robber chieftain — Surrender demanded — Lachoneus ignores demand and prepares for defence.
3 Nephi 4: The robbers beaten and their leader slain — His successor, Zemnarihah hanged — Gidgiddoni's military prowess.
3 Nephi 5: Nephites repent and seek to end works of wickedness — Mormon's account of himself and of the plates kept by him — Another allusion to the gathering of Israel.
3 Nephi 6: The people are prospered — Pride, wealth, and class distinction follows — The church rent by dissension — Deeds of darkness.
3 Nephi 7: Chief judge murdered and government overthrown — Division into tribes — King Jacob — Nephi's powerful ministry.
3 Nephi 8: Christ's crucifixion attested by predicted signs — Tempest and earthquake, whirlwind and fire — A great and terrible destruction — Three days of darkness.
3 Nephi 9: The voice of God proclaims the extent of the disaster and declares the causes thereof — The Law of Moses fulfilled — the acceptable sacrifice of a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
3 Nephi 10: Silence in the land — Again the voice from heaven — The darkness disperses — Only the more righteous of the people are spared.
3 Nephi 11: The Eternal Father proclaims the Christ — the Resurrected Christ appears — The multitude permitted to feel his wounds — Mode of baptism prescribed — Contention and disputation forbidden — Christ the rock.
3 Nephi 12: The Savior's teachings to the Nephites — He calls and commissions the twelve disciples — His words to the multitude — The Sermon on the Mount retold — Compare Matthew 5.
3 Nephi 13: The Savior's sermon on the Mount continued — His commandments to the twelve — Compare Matthew 6.
3 Nephi 14: The Savior's sermon continued — Further instructions to the multitude — Compare Matthew 7.
3 Nephi 15: The Law of Moses superseded — The Giver of the Law fulfills the Law — The sheep of another fold.
3 Nephi 16: Yet another fold to hear the Savior — blessings upon the believing Gentiles — The state of those who reject the Gospel — The prophet Isaiah cited.
3 Nephi 17: The Savior's instructions continued — The lost tribes — The Savior heals the sick and blesses little children — A marvelous and touching scene.
3 Nephi 18: Sacrament of bread and wine instituted among the Nephites — Necessity of prayer emphasized — Authority given to confer the Holy Ghost.
3 Nephi 19: Names of the Nephite twelve — Their baptism — The Holy Ghost given — The Savior's second visitation — An ineffable outpouring of prayer.
3 Nephi 20: Bread and wine, miraculously provided, again administered — the remnant of Jacob — the Savior proclaims himself to be the prophet spoken of as like unto Moses — Many prophets cited.
3 Nephi 21: Sign of the Father's work — Glorious destiny of repentant Gentiles — Condemnation predicted for the impenitent — The New Jerusalem.
3 Nephi 22: The Savior further quotes the prophecies of Isaiah — Compare Isaiah 54.
3 Nephi 23: The Savior commands that omissions from Nephite records be supplied — Prophecy of Samuel the Lamanite added.
3 Nephi 24: Malachi's words given to the Nephites — The law of tithes and offerings — Compare Malachi 3.
3 Nephi 25: Malachi's words continued — Elijah and his mission — The great and dreadful day of the Lord — Compare Malachi 4.
3 Nephi 26: The Savior expounds all things from the beginning — Marvels spoken by the mouths of babes — The work of the disciples.
3 Nephi 27: Jesus Christ names his church — All things are written by the Father — Men to be judge by what is written in the books.
3 Nephi 28: Each of the twelve is granted his heart's desire — Three elect to remain on earth until the Lord comes in his glory — Marvelous manifestations to the three — They are made immune to death and disaster.
3 Nephi 29: Mormon's warning to those who spurn the words and works of the Lord.
3 Nephi 30: Mormon calls the Gentiles to repentance.
An account of the people of Nephi, according to his record.
The Church of Christ flourishes — Nephites and Lamanites converted — They have all things in common — Two centuries of righteousness followed by division and degeneracy — Amos and Ammaron in turn keep the records.
Mormon 1: Ammaron's charge to Mormon respecting the sacred engravings — War and wickedness — The three Nephite disciples depart — Mormon restrained from preaching — Predictions of Abinadi and Samuel the Lamanite fulfilled.
Mormon 2: Mormon leads the Nephite armies — More of the Gadianton robbers — By treaty the land northward is given to the Nephites, and the land southward to the Lamanites.
Mormon 3: Nephites continue in wickedness — Mormon refuses to be their military leader — His address to future generations — The twelve to judge the house of Israel.
Mormon 4: Nephites begin a war of revenge upon Lamanites — Nephites no longer prevail — The sacred record taken from the hill Shim.
Mormon 5: Mormon relents and again leads Nephites — Lamanites outnumber Nephites — Crime and carnage — Mormon's abridgment of the records.
Mormon 6: The hill Cumorah and its records — The final struggle between the two nations — Lamanites victorious — Twenty-four Nephites survive.
Mormon 7: Mormon affirms to Lamanites that they are of Israel — Admonishes them for their salvation.
Mormon 8: Moroni finishes his father's record — After the carnage of Cumorah — Mormon among the slain — Lamanites and robbers possess the land — Mormon's record to come out of the earth — Conditions and calamities of latter days depicted.
Mormon 9: Moroni's address to unbelievers — His testimony concerning the Christ — The Nephite language known as reformed Egyptian.
The record of the Jaredites, taken from the twenty-four plates found by the people of Limhi in the days of king Mosiah.
Ether 1: The prophet Ether's genealogy — The great tower — Jared and his brother — Their language not confounded — Preparing for migration as directed by the Lord.
Ether 2: In the valley of Nimrod — Deseret, the honey bee — the Lord again talks with the brother of Jared — Divine decree concerning the land of promise — the place Moriancumer — Barges built.
Ether 3: The finger of the Lord — Jesus Christ shows himself in the spirit to the brother of Jared — The luminous stones — The interpreters — A record yet to come.
Ether 4: The brother of Jared commanded to write — Moroni's solemn admonition — Cursed is he who contends against the word of the Lord — Whatsoever persuades men to do good is of God.
Ether 5: Moroni to the future translator of his writings.
Ether 6: The story of the Jaredites continued — Their vessels lighted by miracle — Through the depths of the sea to the promised land — The people desire a king — Their leaders foresee evil but yield to the popular will — Death of Jared and his brother.
Ether 7: Orihah's righteous reign, followed by rebellion, usurpation and strife — The rival kingdoms of Shule and Cohor — Wickedness and idolatry — Prophets appear and the people repent.
Ether 8: The good king Omer — His son Jared conspires with Akish to obtain the crown — Strife and bloodshed — Secret and murderous combinations — Modern Gentiles warned against such.
Ether 9: Omer loses and regains his crown — Emer's prosperous reign — Cureloms and cumoms, animals of that period — Sundry kings — Famine and poisonous serpents.
Ether 10: Riplakish the wrong-doer — Morianton the reformer — Other monarchs and their wars — The land southward a wilderness — The land northward inhabited.
Ether 11: Jaredite prophets predict utter destruction of their people except they repent — The warning unheeded.
Ether 12: The prophet Ether and king Coriantumr — The Jaredite and Nephite languages — God gives weaknesses that men may be humble — Moroni's farewell to the Gentiles.
Ether 13: Moroni continues the Jaredite history — Ether and his predictions — His life sought — He dwells in the cavity of a rock — Views by night the destruction falling upon his people.
Ether 14: A curse upon the land — Continued strife and bloodshed — Coriantumr not to fall by the sword.
Ether 15: The hill Ramah or Cumorah — Preparations for a mighty struggle — Millions go down to death — Shiz slain by Coriantumr — Ether's concluding words — End of Jaredite record.
Moroni 1: Moroni's desolate state — He writes, hoping for the welfare of the Lamanites.
Moroni 2: Concerning the bestowal of the Holy Ghost by the Nephite twelve.
Moroni 3: Concerning the ordination of priests and teachers.
Moroni 4: Mode of administering the sacramental bread.
Moroni 5: Mode of administering the sacramental wine.
Moroni 6: Conditions and mode of baptism — Church discipline.
Moroni 7: Moroni presents Mormon's teachings on faith, hope, and charity.
Moroni 8: Mormon's epistle to Moroni — Little children have no need of repentance or baptism.
Moroni 9: The second epistle of Mormon to his son, Moroni. — Atrocities committed by Lamanites and Nephites — A Father's last and affectionate admonition.
Moroni 10: Moroni's farewell to the Lamanites — Conditions on which individual testimony of the truth of the Book of Mormon may be obtained — Moroni seals up the record of his people.
This extraction by Harvey Bingham is one of a series of samples from a group of four religious works. The samples may be found in the directory on his site:
The extraction exploits the mark up for electronic publication from publicly available sources by Jon Bosak, who has copyright © 1998 on the markup and has given me permission for this sampling.