Unit 8

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4 occurrences in 4 verses

2 Nephi 1:28, 29,

2 Nephi 2:8, 15

2 Nephi 1:28

And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam,

and also my sons who are the sons of Ishmael,

behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi

ye shall not perish.

And if ye will hearken unto him

I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first blessing.

2 Nephi 1:29

But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first blessing,

yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

2 Nephi 2:8

Wherefore, how great the importance

to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth,

that they may know that there is no flesh

that can dwell in the presence of God,

save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah,

who layeth down his life according to the flesh,

and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit,

that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead,

being the first that should rise.

2 Nephi 2:15

And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of man,

after he had created our first parents,

and the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air,

and in fine, all things which are created,

it must needs be that there was an opposition;

even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life;

the one being sweet and the other bitter.