Unit 2

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6 occurrences in 6 verses

1 Nephi 7:1, 8, 10,

1 Nephi 8:23,

1 Nephi 9:3, 4

1 Nephi 7:1

And now I would that ye might know, that

after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed,

it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying

that it was not meet for him, Lehi,

that he should take his family into the wilderness alone;

but that his sons should take daughters to wife,

that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.

1 Nephi 7:8

And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,

therefore I spake unto them, saying,

yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel:

Behold ye are mine elder brethren,

and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds,

that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you,

yea, and set an example for you?

1 Nephi 7:10

How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?

1 Nephi 8:23

And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness;

yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness,

insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way,

that they wandered off and were lost.

1 Nephi 9:3

Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord

that I should make these plates, for the special purpose

that there should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

1 Nephi 9:4

Upon the other plates should be engraven

an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people;

wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry;

and the other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings

and the wars and contentions of my people.