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| | 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). |
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