The Book of Mormon by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints;Joseph Smith
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we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness
until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us. 1 Nephi 3:16 16 Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord. 1 Nephi 3:17 17 For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the wickedness of the people. 1 Nephi 3:18 18 For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land. 1 Nephi 3:19 19 And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers; 1 Nephi 3:20 20 And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have |
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