Unit 99

of

198 occurrences in 101 verses

Ether 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,

Ether 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25,

Ether 3:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28,

Ether 4:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 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 1:7

Coriantor was the son of Moron.

Ether 1:8

And Moron was the son of Ethem.

Ether 1:9

And Ethem was the son of Ahah.

Ether 1:10

And Ahah was the son of Seth.

Ether 1:11

And Seth was the son of Shiblon.

Ether 1:12

And Shiblon was the son of Com.

Ether 1:13

And Com was the son of Coriantum.

Ether 1:14

And Coriantum was the son of Amnigaddah.

Ether 1:15

And Amnigaddah was the son of Aaron.

Ether 1:16

And Aaron was a descendant of Heth,

who was the son of Hearthom.

Ether 1:17

And Hearthom was the son of Lib.

Ether 1:18

And Lib was the son of Kish.

Ether 1:19

And Kish was the son of Corom.

Ether 1:20

And Corom was the son of Levi.

Ether 1:21

And Levi was the son of Kim.

Ether 1:22

And Kim was the son of Morianton.

Ether 1:23

And Morianton was a descendant of Riplakish.

Ether 1:24

And Riplakish was the son of Shez.

Ether 1:25

And Shez was the son of Heth.

Ether 1:26

And Heth was the son of Com.

Ether 1:27

And Com was the son of Coriantum.

Ether 1:28

And Coriantum was the son of Emer.

Ether 1:29

And Emer was the son of Omer.

Ether 1:30

And Omer was the son of Shule.

Ether 1:31

And Shule was the son of Kib.

Ether 1:32

And Kib was the son of Orihah,

who was the son of Jared;

Ether 1:33

Which Jared came forth

with his brother and their families,

with some others and their families,

from the great tower,

at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people,

and swore in his wrath

that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth;

and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

Ether 1:34

And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man,

and a man highly favored of the Lord,

Jared, his brother, said unto him:

Cry unto the Lord,

that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.

Ether 1:35

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord,

and the Lord had compassion upon Jared;

therefore he did not confound the language of Jared;

and Jared and his brother were not confounded.

Ether 1:37

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord,

and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also,

that they were not confounded.

Ether 1:38

And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying:

Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land,

and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him

whither we shall go.

And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land

which is choice above all the earth?

And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord,

that we may receive it for our inheritance.

Ether 1:39

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord

according to that which had been spoken by the mouth of Jared.

Ether 1:40

And it came to pass that the Lord did hear the brother of Jared,

and had compassion upon him, and said unto him:

Ether 1:41

Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind;

and also of the seed of the earth of every kind;

and thy families; and also Jared thy brother and his family;

and also thy friends and their families,

and the friends of Jared and their families.

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 2:1

And it came to pass that Jared and his brother, and their families,

and also the friends of Jared and his brother and their families,

went down into the valley which was northward,

(and the name of the valley was Nimrod,

being called after the mighty hunter)

with their flocks which they had gathered together,

male and female, of every kind.

Ether 2:2

And they did also lay snares and catch fowls of the air;

and they did also prepare a vessel,

in which they did carry with them the fish of the waters.

Ether 2:3

And they did also carry with them deseret,

which, by interpretation, is a honey bee;

and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees,

and all manner of that which was upon the face of the land,

seeds of every kind.

Ether 2:4

And it came to pass that when they had come down into the valley of Nimrod

the Lord came down and talked with the brother of Jared;

and he was in a cloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not.

Ether 2:6

And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness,

and did build barges, in which they did cross many waters,

being directed continually by the hand of the Lord.

Ether 2:7

And the Lord would not suffer

that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness,

but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise,

which was choice above all other lands,

which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people.

Ether 2:8

And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared,

that whoso should possess this land of promise,

from that time henceforth and forever,

should serve him, the true and only God,

or they should be swept off

when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.

Ether 2:9

And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land,

that it is a land of promise;

and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God,

or they shall be swept off

when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them.

And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them

when they are ripened in iniquity.

Ether 2:10

For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands;

wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off;

for it is the everlasting decree of God.

And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land,

that they are swept off.

Ether 2:11

And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles,

that ye may know the decrees of God —

that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come,

that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you

as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.

Ether 2:12

Behold, this is a choice land,

and whatsoever nation shall possess it

shall be free from bondage, and from captivity,

and from all other nations under heaven,

if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ,

who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.

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 2:14

And it came to pass at the end of four years

that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared,

and stood in a cloud and talked with him.

And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared,

and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.

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 2:16

And the Lord said:

Go to work and build, after the manner of barges which ye have hitherto built.

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren,

and built barges after the manner which they had built,

according to the instructions of the Lord.

And they were small, and they were light upon the water,

even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.

Ether 2:17

And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight,

even that they would hold water like unto a dish;

and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish;

and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish;

and the ends thereof were peaked;

and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish;

and the length thereof was the length of a tree;

and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.

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 2:20

And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared:

Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top,

and also in the bottom;

and when thou shalt suffer for air

thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air.

And if it be so that the water come in upon thee,

behold, ye shall stop the hole,

that ye may not perish in the flood.

Ether 2:21

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so,

according as the Lord had commanded.

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 3:1

And it came to pass that the brother of Jared,

(now the number of the vessels which had been prepared was eight)

went forth unto the mount,

which they called the mount Shelem, because of its exceeding height,

and did molten out of a rock sixteen small stones;

and they were white and clear, even as transparent glass;

and he did carry them in his hands upon the top of the mount,

and cried again unto the Lord, saying:

Ether 3:2

O Lord, thou hast said that we must be encompassed about by the floods.

Now behold, O Lord, and do not be angry with thy servant

because of his weakness before thee;

for we know that thou art holy and dwellest in the heavens,

and that we are unworthy before thee;

because of the fall our natures have become evil continually;

nevertheless, O Lord, thou hast given us a commandment

that we must call upon thee,

that from thee we may receive according to our desires.

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 3:5

Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this.

We know that thou art able to show forth great power,

which looks small unto the understanding of men.

Ether 3:6

And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words,

behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand

and touched the stones one by one with his finger.

And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared,

and he saw the finger of the Lord;

and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood;

and the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord,

for he was struck with fear.

Ether 3:7

And the Lord saw that the brother of Jared had fallen to the earth;

and the Lord said unto him: Arise,

why hast thou fallen?

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 3:12

And he answered: Yea, Lord,

I know that thou speakest the truth,

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

Ether 3:14

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 3:16

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 3:18

And he ministered unto him

even as he ministered unto the Nephites;

and all this, that this man might know that he was God,

because of the many great works which the Lord had showed unto him.

Ether 3:19

And because of the knowledge of this man

he could not be kept from beholding within the veil;

and he saw the finger of Jesus,

which, when he saw, he fell with fear;

for he knew that it was the finger of the Lord;

and he had faith no longer,

for he knew, nothing doubting.

Ether 3:20

Wherefore, having this perfect knowledge of God,

he could not be kept from within the veil;

therefore he saw Jesus; and he did minister unto him.

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 3:24

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 3:25

And when the Lord had said these words,

he showed unto the brother of Jared

all the inhabitants of the earth which had been,

and also all that would be;

and he withheld them not from his sight,

even unto the ends of the earth.

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 3:28

And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him

that he should seal up the two stones which he had received,

and show them not, until the Lord should show them unto the children of men.

Ether 4:1

And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared

to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord,

and write the things which he had seen;

and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men

until after that he should be lifted up upon the cross;

and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them,

that they should not come unto the world

until after Christ should show himself unto his people.

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 4:6

For the Lord said unto me:

They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles

until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity,

and become clean before 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 4:11

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 4:14

Come unto me, O ye house of Israel,

and it shall be made manifest unto you

how great things the Father hath laid up for you,

from the foundation of the world;

and it hath not come unto you,

because of unbelief.

Ether 4:15

Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief

which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness,

and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind,

then shall the great and marvelous things

which have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you —

yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name,

with a broken heart and a contrite spirit,

then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant

which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.

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 4:17

Therefore, when ye shall receive this record

ye may know that the work of the Father has commenced

upon all the face of the land.

Ether 4:18

Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth,

and come unto me, and believe in my gospel,

and be baptized in my name;

for he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned;

and signs shall follow them that believe in my name.

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.