Unit 99

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70 occurrences in 41 verses

Ether 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 42, 43,

Ether 2:13, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25,

Ether 3:3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 27,

Ether 4:3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19

Ether 1:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an account

of those ancient inhabitants who were destroyed by the hand of the Lord

upon the face of this north country.

Ether 1:2

And I take mine account from the twenty and four plates

which were found by the people of Limhi,

which is called the Book of Ether.

Ether 1:3

And as I suppose that the first part of this record,

which speaks concerning the creation of the world, and also of Adam,

and an account from that time even to the great tower,

and whatsoever things transpired among the children of men until that time,

is had among the Jews —

Ether 1:4

Therefore I do not write those things

which transpired from the days of Adam until that time;

but they are had upon the plates;

and whoso findeth them,

the same will have power that he may get the full account.

Ether 1:5

But behold, I give not the full account,

but a part of the account I give,

from the tower down until they were destroyed.

Ether 1:6

And on this wise do I give the account.

He that wrote this record was Ether,

and he was a descendant of Coriantor.

Ether 1:42

And when thou hast done this

thou shalt go at the head of them down into the valley which is northward.

And there will I meet thee,

and I will go before thee into a land

which is choice above all the lands of the earth.

Ether 1:43

And there will I bless thee and thy seed,

and raise up unto me of thy seed,

and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee,

a great nation.

And there shall be none greater than the nation

which I will raise up unto me of thy seed,

upon all the face of the earth.

And thus I will do unto thee

because this long time ye have cried unto me.

Ether 2:13

And now I proceed with my record;

for behold, it came to pass that the Lord did bring Jared and his brethren forth

even to that great sea which divideth the lands.

And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents;

and they called the name of the place Moriancumer;

and they dwelt in tents,

and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years.

Ether 2:15

And the brother of Jared repented of the evil which he had done,

and did call upon the name of the Lord

for his brethren who were with him.

And the Lord said unto him:

I will forgive thee and thy brethren of their sins;

but thou shalt not sin any more,

for ye shall remember that my Spirit will not always strive with man;

wherefore, if ye will sin until ye are fully ripe

ye shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.

And these are my thoughts upon the land

which I shall give you for your inheritance;

for it shall be a land choice above all other lands.

Ether 2:18

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying:

O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me,

and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.

Ether 2:22

And he cried again unto the Lord saying:

O Lord, behold I have done even as thou hast commanded me;

and I have prepared the vessels for my people,

and behold there is no light in them.

Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?

Ether 2:23

And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared:

What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels?

For behold, ye cannot have windows,

for they will be dashed in pieces;

neither shall ye take fire with you,

for ye shall not go by the light of fire.

Ether 2:24

For behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea;

for the mountain waves shall dash upon you.

Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea;

for the winds have gone forth out of my mouth,

and also the rains and the floods have I sent forth.

Ether 2:25

And behold, I prepare you against these things;

for ye cannot cross this great deep

save I prepare you against the waves of the sea,

and the winds which have gone forth,

and the floods which shall come.

Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you

that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?

Ether 3:3

Behold, O Lord, thou hast smitten us because of our iniquity,

and hast driven us forth,

and for these many years we have been in the wilderness;

nevertheless, thou hast been merciful unto us.

O Lord, look upon me in pity,

and turn away thine anger from this thy people,

and suffer not that they shall go forth across this raging deep in darkness;

but behold these things which I have molten out of the rock.

Ether 3:4

And I know, O Lord, that thou hast all power,

and can do whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man;

therefore touch these stones, O Lord, with thy finger,

and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness;

and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared,

that we may have light while we shall cross the sea.

Ether 3:8

And he saith unto the Lord:

I saw the finger of the Lord,

and I feared lest he should smite me;

for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood.

Ether 3:9

And the Lord said unto him:

Because of thy faith thou hast seen

that I shall take upon me flesh and blood;

and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast;

for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger.

Sawest thou more than this?

Ether 3:11

And the Lord said unto him:

Believest thou the words which I shall speak?

Ether 3:12

And he answered: Yea, Lord,

I know that thou speakest the truth,

for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.

Ether 3:13

And when he had said these words,

behold, the Lord showed himself unto him, and said:

Because thou knowest these things ye are redeemed from the fall;

therefore ye are brought back into my presence;

therefore I show myself unto you.

Ether 3:14

Behold, I am he who was prepared

from the foundation of the world

to redeem my people.

Behold, I am Jesus Christ.

I am the Father and the Son.

In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally,

even they who shall believe on my name;

and they shall become my sons and my daughters.

Ether 3:15

And never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created,

for never has man believed in me as thou hast.

Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image?

Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image.

Ether 3:16

Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit;

and man have I created after the body of my spirit;

and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit

will I appear unto my people in the flesh.

Ether 3:17

And now, as I, Moroni, said

I could not make a full account of these things which are written,

therefore it sufficeth me to say

that Jesus showed himself unto this man in the spirit,

even after the manner and in the likeness of the same body

even as he showed himself unto the Nephites.

Ether 3:21

And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared:

Behold, thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard

to go forth unto the world,

until the time cometh that I shall glorify my name in the flesh;

wherefore, ye shall treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard,

and show it to no man.

Ether 3:23

And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee,

and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

Ether 3:24

For behold, the language which ye shall write I have confounded;

wherefore I will cause in my own due time

that these stones shall magnify to the eyes of men

these things which ye shall write.

Ether 3:27

And the Lord said unto him:

Write these things and seal them up;

and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men.

Ether 4:3

And now, after that, they have all dwindled in unbelief;

and there is none save it be the Lamanites,

and they have rejected the gospel of Christ;

therefore I am commanded that I should hide them up again in the earth.

Ether 4:4

Behold, I have written upon these plates

the very things which the brother of Jared saw;

and there never were greater things made manifest

than those which were made manifest unto the brother of Jared.

Ether 4:5

Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them;

and I have written them.

And he commanded me that I should seal them up;

and he also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof;

wherefore I have sealed up the interpreters,

according to the commandment of the Lord.

Ether 4:7

And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord,

even as the brother of Jared did,

that they may become sanctified in me,

then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw,

even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations,

saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are.

Ether 4:8

And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed;

and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed;

for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ;

for I am he who speaketh.

Ether 4:10

And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples;

and if it so be that I do not speak, judge ye;

for ye shall know that it is I that speaketh,

at the last day.

Ether 4:11

But he that believeth these things which I have spoken,

him will I visit with the manifestations of my Spirit,

and he shall know and bear record.

For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true;

for it persuadeth men to do good.

Ether 4:12

And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me;

for good cometh of none save it be of me.

I am the same that leadeth men to all good;

he that will not believe my words will not believe me — that I am;

and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me.

For behold, I am the Father,

I am the light, and the life, and the truth of the world.

Ether 4:13

Come unto me, O ye Gentiles,

and I will show unto you the greater things,

the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief.

Ether 4:16

And then shall my revelations

which I have caused to be written by my servant John

be unfolded in the eyes of all the people.

Remember, when ye see these things,

ye shall know that the time is at hand

that they shall be made manifest in very deed.

Ether 4:19

And blessed is he that is found faithful unto my name at the last day,

for he shall be lifted up to dwell in the kingdom

prepared for him from the foundation of the world.

And behold it is I that hath spoken it.

Amen.