Unit 23

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8 occurrences in 6 verses

Jacob 1:1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 18

Jacob 1:1

for behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed away

from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem;

wherefore, Nephi gave me, Jacob, a commandment

concerning the small plates, upon which these things are engraven.

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 1:10

The people having loved Nephi exceedingly,

he having been a great protector for them,

having wielded the sword of Laban in their defence,

and having labored in all his days for their welfare —

Jacob 1:18

for I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated

priests and teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi.