Unit 1

the plates of brass

7 occurrences in 7 verses

1 Nephi 3:12, 24,

1 Nephi 4:16, 24, 38,

1 Nephi 5:10, 14

1 Nephi 3:12

And he desired of Laban the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

which contained the genealogy of my father.

1 Nephi 3:24

And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him

that he would give unto us the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

for which we would give unto him

our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.

1 Nephi 4:16

And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.

1 Nephi 4:24

And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,

which were upon the plates of brass,

to my elder brethren, who were without the walls.

1 Nephi 4:38

And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban,

and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of our father.

1 Nephi 5:10

And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel,

my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

and he did search them from the beginning.

1 Nephi 5:14

And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found

upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers;

wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph;

yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob,

who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord,

that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household

from perishing with famine.