Unit 99

of the

62 occurrences in 42 verses

Ether 1:1, 3, 5, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42, 43,

Ether 2:1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25,

Ether 3:1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 17, 18, 19, 25,

Ether 4:1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 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 1:3

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 1:5

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 1:33

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 1:38

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 1:41

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 2:6

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 2:10

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 2:24

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 3:6

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 3:8

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 3:14

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 3:17

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 3:25

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 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 4:5

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 4:12

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 4:14

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 4:17

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.