Unit 2

these plates

9 occurrences in 8 verses

1 Nephi 6:1, 3, 6,

1 Nephi 9:1, 2, 3, 4, 5

1 Nephi 6:1

And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record;

neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing;

for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father;

wherefore, I do not write it in this work.

1 Nephi 6:3

And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account

of all the things of my father,

for they cannot be written upon these plates,

for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.

1 Nephi 6:6

Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed,

that they shall not occupy these plates with things

which are not of worth unto the children of men.

1 Nephi 9:1

And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak,

as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel,

and also a great many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.

1 Nephi 9:2

And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates,

behold they are not the plates

upon which I make a full account of the history of my people;

for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people

I have given the name of Nephi;

wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name;

and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.

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.

1 Nephi 9:5

Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates

for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.