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  Lehi (Book of Mormon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lehi had at least six sons: Laman, Lemuel, Sam, Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph; and at least two daughters, who were not named in the Book of Mormon.
Lehi's sons are said to be characteristically Ephrathite, though it is uncertain what this means or why this would be.
Lehi's sons Nephi and Laman are said to have established themselves and to have founded Israelite nations: the Nephites and the Lamanites.
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 Lehi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon
Lehi, a location in southwest Palestine/Israel mentioned in the story of Samson in the Bible.
Lehi, a traditionally Mormon agricultural neighborhood in northern Mesa, Arizona
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 Book of Mormon Geography
The Book of Mormon describes the territory over which the king ruled: "which was divided from the land of Zarahemla by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west.
Toward the end of the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are forced to abandon their cities to the south and are pushed northward by the Lamanites.
Finally, Mormon wrote to the king of the Lamanites, asking him to allow the Nephites to gather to the hill Cumorah, which "was in a land of many waters, rivers, and fountains" (Mormon 6:4).
www.mormonstudies.com /geo2.htm   (4928 words)

  
 Gospel Link
For LDS children, the Book of Mormon is a source of stories and heroes to equal those of the Bible—Joseph in Egypt, Daniel in the lions´ den, the faithful Ruth, and brave Queen Esther.
The title page was used as the description of the Book of Mormon on the federal copyright application filed June 11, 1829, with R. Lansing, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York, at Albany.
Lehi received his prophetic commission in a vision as he prayed on Jerusalem´s behalf: He saw a pillar of fire dwelling upon a rock and God seated upon his throne and was given a book to read that decreed judgment upon the city (chap.
ldsfaq.byu.edu /emmain.asp?number=43   (4085 words)

  
 Book of Mormon Plates and Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Mormon recorded the events of his day on the large plates and then used them as the source for his abridgment, which was later buried in the hill Cumorah.
Mormon included the small plates with his record when he delivered the plates of Mormon to his son Moroni because their witness of Christ pleased him and because he was impressed by the Spirit of the Lord to include them "for a wise purpose" (W of M 1:3-7).
Mormon is interested in pointing out the principles that will be of most use to such people, and his careful editing and his "thus" and "thus we see" passages are all directed at making the moral lessons easier to identify and understand.
www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/bom/plates_eom.htm   (3568 words)

  
 Gospel Link
That the language of the Book of Mormon should resemble that of the KJV seems only natural, since in the time of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the KJV was the most widely read book in America and formed the standard of religious language for most English-speaking people (see CWHN 8:212—18).
Furthermore, the Book of Mormon shares certain affinities with the KJV: both include works of ancient prophets of Israel as well as accounts of part of the ministry of Jesus Christ, both are translations into English, and both are to become "one" in God´s hand as collections of his word to his children (Ezek.
The lack of apostrophe possession in the Book of Mormon is consistent with a translation from the Hebrew construct.
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 Introduction to the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a complex book covering a variety of historical, religious, political, and military events in a variety of ancient communities.
The early writers of the Book of Mormon spoke Hebrew, and the primary spoken and written language of subsequent generations was largely derived from Hebrew.
The Book of Mormon is offered as the most tangible and easiest test of the mission of Joseph Smith: he was either a forger and a con-man of the worst degree, or a prophet of God.
www.jefflindsay.com /BOMIntro.shtml   (6490 words)

  
 Book of Mormon Parallels
Lehi said that the luster of the first messenger from heaven "was above that of the sun at noon-day," while the brightness of the other twelve "did exceed that of the stars in the firmament" (1 Nephi 1:9-10).
Lehi's book recalls Ezekiel's vision: "And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; and he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, mourning, and woe" (Ezek.
Lehi partook of the sweet, white fruit of the tree, and then looking to the head of a river which ran near the tree, he saw his wife Sariah with Sam and Nephi, "and they stood as if they knew not whither they should go" (1 Nephi 8:14).
www.mormonstudies.com /parallel.htm   (5375 words)

  
 Mormon Truth and Book of Mormon Evidences: Not Proof, But Indications of Plausibility
The authors note that the Book of Mormon accurately describes the locations of the trails traversed by Lehi's group, including their relationship to the regions called "borders" in the Book of Mormon, where it is important to note that the Hebrew word for borders may regularly refer to mountainous regions.
The Book of Mormon indicates that Mulek was a surviving son of King Zedekiah (after the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem destroyed the royal household).
The language of the Book of Mormon cannot be explained as the English of Joseph Smith or the King James English of the Bible.
www.jefflindsay.com /BMEvidences.shtml   (17350 words)

  
 The Children of Lehi: DNA and the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon asserts to be another testament of Christ, bearing record, as a voice from the dust, of his dealings with this American branch of the house of Israel, transplanted to the Western Hemisphere.
We propose that the Book of Mormon is the account of a small group of people who lived on the American continent, interacting to some degree with the indigenous population but relatively isolated from the general historical events occurring elsewhere in the Americas.
Lehi's prophecy to Laman and Lemuel was realized: their heritage of dissension continued, and their legacy never died out--in the Abrahamic sense or in the Buchanan context, even if their genetic markers may have.
www.fairlds.org /pubs/conf/2003MelJ.html   (8496 words)

  
 BOOK_OF_MORMON Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Indeed the Book of Mormon and Bible become 'one' as the scriptural record continues.
Further the Book of Mormon clarifies and personifies the Old Testament scriptures in that they do indeed testify of, and speak of Jesus Christ.
The Book of Mormon is a separate and second witness that Christ is who the New Testament represents Him to be.
www.xmission.com /~hunter/bom.html   (600 words)

  
 Book of Mormon Studies
This is believed to have been written by Moroni, who is Mormon’s son and the last prophet to write in the Book of Mormon.
Verse 12: The fruit of the loins (or descendants) of Joseph wrote the Book of Mormon.
While Christ is mentioned throughout the Book of Mormon, verses 19 and 20 actually use the name Jesus, which is rarely used in the Book of Mormon.
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 Book of Mormon Resources, arranged by Verse
“Lehi’s Altar and Sacrifice in the Wilderness.” JBMS 10:1, 2001.
Kevin Barney, "Enallage in the Book of Mormon." JBMS 3:1 (1994): 113-147.
“Book of Mormon Commentary on Isaiah.” Ensign, Sept. 1998, 54-60.
home.uchicago.edu /~spackman/masterbom   (8273 words)

  
 Book of Mormon Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Hender (2001) - Geography of the Book of Mormon
After Lehi's party landed a little south of the Isthmus of Darien in the land, they planted and had a bountious harvest replenishing their food supplis, then they named the land Boutitful, which is identified as Bountiful later.
In the excitement that actual magnificent ruins of the Book of Mormon peoples where being found, Joseph Smith, the presumed editor of the Times and Seasons states that here is proof that Zarahemla was on this American land suggesting to the reader that he considered the sites named could be Zarahemla.
www.xmission.com /~hunter/hender.htm   (2379 words)

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