Unit 99

that they

19 occurrences in 16 verses

Ether 1:33, 37,

Ether 2:5, 6, 7, 10, 17,

Ether 3:3, 4, 22,

Ether 4:1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 16

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 1:37

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 2:5

And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them

that they should go forth into the wilderness,

yea, into that quarter where there never had man been.

And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them,

and did talk with them as he stood in a cloud,

and gave directions whither they should travel.

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 2:10

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 2:17

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 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 3:22

And behold, when ye shall come unto me,

ye shall write them and shall seal them up,

that no one can interpret them;

for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot be read.

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 4:2

And after Christ truly had showed himself unto his people

he commanded that they should be made manifest.

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 4:6

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 4:16

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.