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1 Nephi 2
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| 2:1 For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him:
Blessed art thou Lehi, because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been faithful and declared unto
this people the things which I commanded thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life. |
And it came to pass
(2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 19)
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| 2:2 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in a dream, that he
should take his family and depart into the wilderness. |
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| 2:3 And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord, wherefore he did as the Lord
commanded him. |
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| 2:4 And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness. And he left his house,
and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save
it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness. |
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| 2:5 And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea; and he traveled in the wilderness in the
borders which are nearer the Red Sea; and he did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted of my mother,
Sariah, and my elder brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam. |
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| 2:6 And it came to pass that
when he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in
a valley by the side of a river of water. |
"When he had traveled three days in the wilderness"
Did it take Nephi and his family three days to travel from Jerusalem
to the Red Sea or did they just wander around for three days after reaching
the Red Sea? If the former, then they were fast travelers indeed, covering 250 miles or so in just three
days of walking.
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| 2:7 And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto
the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God.
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| 2:8 And it came to pass that he called
the name of the river, Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in
the borders near the mouth thereof. |
(2:8-9)
Nephi named a "continually running" river that flowed from Arabia to
the Red Sea after his son Laman. But there are no permament rivers n Arabia, and there hasn't been since the
Pleistocene.
Where is the River Laman?
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| 2:9 And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake
unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river,
continually running into the fountain of all righteousness! |
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| 2:10 And he also spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be
like unto this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord! |
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| 2:11 Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel; for behold they did murmur in
many things against their father, because he was a visionary man, and had led them out of the land of Jerusalem, to
leave the land of their inheritance, and their gold, and their silver, and their precious things, to perish in the
wilderness. And this they said he had done because of the foolish imaginations of his heart. |
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| 2:12 And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their father. And they did murmur
because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them. |
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| 2:13 Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city, could be destroyed according to the words
of the prophets. And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life of my
father. |
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| 2:14 And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in the valley of Lemuel,
with power, being filled with the Spirit, until their frames did shake before him. And he did confound them, that
they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he commanded them. |
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| 2:15 And my father dwelt in a tent. |
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| 2:16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly
young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I
did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did believe all the words which had
been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers. |
the mysteries of God -- 1 Corinthians 4:1
Exceedingly
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| 2:17 And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which the Lord had manifested unto me by his
Holy Spirit. And it came to pass that he believed in my words. |
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| 2:18 But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto my
words; and being grieved because of the hardness
of their hearts I cried unto the Lord for them. |
Being grieved for the hardness of their hearts
-- Mark 3:5
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| 2:19 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Blessed art thou,
Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart. |
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| 2:20 And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall
prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land
which is choice above all other lands. |
"A land which I have prepared for you"
God made the New World just for Nephi and his family. (For though it
had been occupied by the Native Americans for 15,000 years or so, God made
it for Nephi, not for them.)
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| 2:21 And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee, they shall be cut off from the presence of the
Lord. |
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| 2:22 And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy
brethren. |
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| 2:23 For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse them even with a sore curse, and
they shall have no power over thy seed except they shall rebel against me also. |
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| 2:24 And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall
be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in
the ways of remembrance. |
To stir you up by putting you in remembrance --
2 Peter 1:13
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Injustice
Intolerance
Cruelty and Violence
Language
Changes in the BoM
Prophecy 
Contradictions
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