Hello World
Was Nephi the one who got the brass plates or was it some one else?
Nephi got the brass plates.
What was the order of the oldest to the smallest of the kids?
Lamen, Lemuel, Sam, Nephi
Why does the book of Mormon mention horses?
The Book of Mormon mentions that horses were known and used by the Jaredites and the people of Lehi. Some people believe that references to horses are out of place since it is widely believed that they were extinct long before Book of Mormon times. In light of this view, Latter-day Saints have approached this question in one of two ways. The first is to note growing evidence for the survival of ancient pre-Columbian horses. A second approach is to view such references as a possible example of what linguists call loan shift, in which Lehi's family may have applied a familiar name to an unfamiliar animal.
How many of the books of Moses did the brass plates contain?
5
What was the valley where the stoped called?
Lemuel
How did Lehi's family get the brass plates.
They got them by killing Laben (I know it's vilant but it's true.
Who was told that Nephi and his brothers should go and get the brass plates?
Lehi
What tribe was Lehi From?
Manasseh
What was the name of Ishmael's daughter?
The world may never know
Recite 1st Nephi 2:15
This is the shortest verse in the book of mormon.
And my father dwelt in a tent.
Was Nephi good or evil?
Nephi was good.
How could Laben possessed a sword made of all precious steel?
Concerning his encounter with Laban, who was an important official in Jerusalem around 600 B.C., Nephi stated, “I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel” (1 Nephi 4:9). Nephi’s description of this weapon was long considered anachronistic because it makes reference to steel long before it was thought to have existed in ancient times.1
In recent decades, however, scholars have learned that ancient Near Eastern blacksmiths and metallurgists were “intentionally steeling iron” through a process of deliberate carburization hundreds of years before Nephi’s day.2 Early evidence that various tools, axes, and knife blades, were made from iron hardened into steel has been found throughout the ancient Near East dating between the thirteenth to the tenth centuries BC.3
Archaeologists have now recovered not only tools but also rare examples of steel swords from the ancient Near East. Such ancient swords were unknown at the time the Book of Mormon was published.4 Even more significant, perhaps, in relation to the sword of Laban, is the fact that archaeologists have discovered a carburized iron sword near Jericho, only about 12 miles east of Jerusalem. The sword, which had a bronze haft, was a meter long and dates to the time of King Josiah, a contemporary of Lehi. This particular find is noteworthy since it is apparently “the only complete sword of its size and type from this period yet discovered in Israel.”5 According to Avraham Eitan, “Metallurgical analysis of a sample taken from the blade proves … that the iron was deliberately hardened into steel, attesting to the technical knowledge of the blacksmith.
What did Lamen use to beat Nephi?
A rod
Why did Moses part the red sea?
To lead the Israelites away from the Egyptians
What did Jesus give Lehi in his dreams?
A book
What was the name of Laben's servant?
Zorem
How could Lehi travel from Jerusalem to the red sea in just three days?
This concern is based on an unnecessary reading of the text. Nephi stated: “And it came to pass that [Lehi] departed into the wilderness … 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 … And it came to pass that when he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent” (1 Nephi 2:5–6).
Some have interpreted Nephi’s words to mean that it took only three days to get from Jerusalem to the Red Sea, but this reading seems unlikely.1 The distance between Jerusalem and the Red Sea by road is about 180 miles (290 Km). Even if the party traveled with loaded camels, as would seem necessary in order to carry their provisions (1 Nephi 2:4; 3:9), they would normally have covered an average of only 20 to 25 miles (32–40 km) per day.
Lehi would likely have fled Jerusalem as quickly as possible, pushing his traveling party much faster than under normal travel conditions, but the journey of three days does not refer to the distance from Jerusalem to the Red Sea. Rather, their party first departed from Jerusalem and came down near the Red Sea, and after that traveled three more days until they reached their first campsite in the Valley of Lemuel.2 It makes clear sense to understand the three-day journey as a reference to the specific segment of wilderness travel “near the shore of the Red Sea,” which had just been mentioned in the previous verse. Thus, the most likely interpretation, based on sound textual analysis, also happens to be the most geographically realistic.
It is also possible that the family’s three-day journey, which echoes the Exodus narrative, had symbolic legal significance. In this case, the “three days” may not necessarily refer to an exact duration of time and distance, but rather to the technical limit of the sacrificial jurisdiction of the temple in Jerusalem.3
Either way, the supposed error in the Book of Mormon is eliminated.
How many times did Nephi go back to Jerusalem?
3 times
What was the hilt of Laban's sword made out of?
Pure gold
Who is the first women mentioned in the book of mormon?
Sariah
How old was Nephi when he got the plates?
Nephi was about 16 when he got the plates
Was Nephi really a Jew?
In several instances, Nephi described himself and his people as Jews. Some have thought that the term Jew is out of place in the Book of Mormon, based on the assumption that it was only used after the Jewish exile which ended around 537 B.C.—long after Lehi’s family left Jerusalem. Others have wondered why Nephi used to the term Jew to refer to his own people, since he was actually a descendant of Joseph and not Judah (1 Nephi 6:2).1 How, then, could Nephi be a Jew?
Though Lehi and his sons, according to the plates of brass, were descended from the tribe of Joseph through Manasseh (Alma 10:3), they were Jews, politically speaking, since they had been under the rule of the kings of Judah before their departure. The cultural heritage of the seed of Lehi is thus “of the Jews” because Lehi’s people “came from out from Jerusalem” before it was destroyed (2 Nephi 30:4). As Nephi later explained, “I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came,” a tiny detail easily missed (2 Nephi 33:8).
The word Jew can be traced to the Hebrew word Yehudi and, contrary to the previously mentioned assumption, was actually used during Pre-exilic times. It was originally applied to members of the tribe of Judah, but after the division of Solomon’s Kingdom (into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah), the term Jew was applied more generally “to all residents of the Southern Kingdom, irrespective of their tribal status.”2 The term is used in this political sense by the historian of the book of Kings (2 Kings 16:6; 25:25).
Significantly, the term Jew is used most frequently in the book of Jeremiah, who was a contemporary and fellow prophet to Lehi and Nephi. In his record, the term sometimes appears in a legal or religious context, as when the Jews witnessed a contract made by the prophet (Jeremiah 32:12), or by God when addressing covenant obligations (Jeremiah 34:9).
How many verses are in chapter 6 in the 1st book of Nephi?
6 verses
Complete the phrase:
They could not keep the commandments of the Lord ... save they _______ _____ ___ ___.
Should have the law
Name 3 of the other 5 women in the Book of Mormon
Eve, Isabel, Mary, Sarah, Abish