Unit 23

should

10 occurrences in 7 verses

Jacob 1:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11

Jacob 1:2

And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates

a few of the things which I considered to be most precious;

that I should not touch, save it were lightly,

concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

Jacob 1:3

For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates,

and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down

unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:4

And if there were preaching which was sacred,

or revelation which was great, or prophesying,

that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates,

and touch upon them as much as it were possible,

for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

Jacob 1:5

For because of faith and great anxiety,

it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people,

what things should happen unto them.

Jacob 1:6

And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much prophecy;

wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should come.

Jacob 1:7

Wherefore we labored diligently among our people,

that we might persuade them to come unto Christ,

and partake of the goodness of God,

that they might enter into his rest,

lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in,

as in the provocation in the days of temptation

while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.

Jacob 1:11

Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name.

And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people,

second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth,

according to the reigns of the kings;

and thus they were called by the people,

let them be of whatever name they would.