Unit 18

the book

20 occurrences in 12 verses

2 Nephi 27:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 29

2 Nephi 27:7

And behold the book shall be sealed;

and in the book shall be a revelation from God,

from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.

2 Nephi 27:8

Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up,

the things which are sealed shall not be delivered

in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people.

Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.

2 Nephi 27:9

But the book shall be delivered unto a man,

and he shall deliver the words of the book,

which are the words of those who have slumbered in the dust,

and he shall deliver these words unto another;

2 Nephi 27:10

But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver,

neither shall he deliver the book.

For the book shall be sealed by the power of God,

and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book

until the own due time of the Lord,

that they may come forth;

for behold, they reveal all things

from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.

2 Nephi 27:11

And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed

shall be read upon the house tops;

and they shall be read by the power of Christ;

and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men

which ever have been among the children of men,

and which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

2 Nephi 27:12

Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered

unto the man of whom I have spoken,

the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world,

that the eyes of none shall behold it

save it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God,

besides him to whom the book shall be delivered;

and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things therein.

2 Nephi 27:14

Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words of the book;

and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him good

will he establish his word;

and wo be unto him that rejecteth the word of God!

2 Nephi 27:15

But behold, it shall come to pass that

the Lord God shall say unto him to whom he shall deliver the book:

Take these words which are not sealed and deliver them to another,

that he may show them unto the learned, saying:

Read this, I pray thee.

And the learned shall say:

Bring hither the book, and I will read them.

2 Nephi 27:17

And the man shall say:

I cannot bring the book, for it is sealed.

2 Nephi 27:19

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that

the Lord God will deliver again the book and the words thereof

to him that is not learned;

and the man that is not learned shall say:

I am not learned.

2 Nephi 27:22

Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have commanded thee,

and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto thee,

then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me,

that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read,

until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom

to reveal all things unto the children of men.

2 Nephi 27:29

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book,

and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.