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Unit 3

Segment 2 of 16 [#020]

Lehi Compares the House of Israel to an Olive Tree (a second allegory)

1 Nephi 10:11 - 1 Nephi 10:16

Duration: 1:32

contextual study / concordance



1 Nephi 10:11

And it came to pass after my father had spoken these words

he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel

which should be preached among the Jews,

and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in unbelief.

And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come,

and after he had been slain

he should rise from the dead,

and should make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.


1 Nephi 10:12

Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles,

and also concerning the house of Israel,

that they should be compared like unto an olive tree,

whose branches should be broken off

and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.


1 Nephi 10:13

Wherefore, he said it must needs be

that we should be led with one accord into the land of promise,

unto the fulfilling of the word of the Lord,

that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.


1 Nephi 10:14

And after the house of Israel should be scattered

they should be gathered together again;

or, in fine, after the Gentiles had received the fulness of the Gospel,

the natural branches of the olive tree, or the remnants of the house of Israel,

should be grafted in, or come to the knowledge of the true Messiah,

their Lord and their Redeemer.


1 Nephi 10:15

And after this manner of language did my father prophesy

and speak unto my brethren,

and also many more things which I do not write in this book;

for I have written as many of them as were expedient for me in mine other book.


1 Nephi 10:16

And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done

as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.



The End of Unit 3 - Segment 2