Tag: Helaman 13
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“Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?”
Samuel the Lamanite’s prophecies and creation themes In my last post, I connected the curse of ‘slippery treasure’ with Cain. I also compared the taking away of the word and the Spirit in Helaman 13:8 with a loss of seed and water for a farmer. It’s a grim prospect, similar to the curse given to…
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The curse of “slippery” treasures and early Genesis themes
Image: Moroni Buries the Plates. Artwork by Katie Payne If you read this blog on a regular basis, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that both Stisa and I believe that key themes in the early Genesis accounts are vital to understanding the worldview of the Book of Mormon writers. It follows logically that…
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"And it shall be unto you for a fringe" — part 2
Part 1 introduced the commandment given to Moses in Numbers 15 that the Israelites “make a fringe” on their garments with ornate tassels, to remind them to “keep all the commandments of the Lord.” This post will continue to explore the topic by looking more deeply at the warning embedded in the commandment, then comparing…
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"Stretch forth thine hand" — Part 1 (Nephi and Moses)
Occasionally I come across a verse in the Book of Mormon that catches my attention. Such was the case recently as I read the account of Samuel the Lamanite: 4 And it came to pass that they would not suffer that he should enter into the city; therefore he went and got upon the wall thereof, and stretched…
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"Ripening for destruction" in the story of Moses in Egypt
(This post is a side note that interrupts the conclusion of the endowment pattern series, which will be posted next week.) When it comes to scripture study, one thing often leads to another. As I was studying the endowment pattern in the Book of Mormon, I noticed a repetitive warning about the people who occupy…
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Gold and the Two Ways — part 4b
In this post, we take a detour from our main point, which is that gold and riches are often used in the scriptures to underscore the doctrine of the Two Ways. We’ll divert briefly and talk about the related concept of “slippery treasure.” I will connect the two concepts by way of a very ancient…
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Wordplay on the name Samuel in the Book of Mormon
A recent Interpreter paper by Matthew Bowen illustrates the apparent wordplay on the name Samuel. It is yet another great example of the subtleties waiting to be discovered in the Book of Mormon. As usual, Bowen goes into exquisite depth as he unfolds the various meanings and contexts associated with the name, both in the…
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Scriptural repetition — Book of Mormon examples 3
I return to the topic introduced in this post, with a note on the recurring theme of a wicked people casting out, stoning and killing prophets. Already in the first chapter of the Book of Mormon, we read And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea, even as with the…
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Scriptural repetition — Book of Mormon examples 1
I introduced this topic in my previous post, citing heavily from a paper by Alan Goff. It has made me think of other previous posts on this blog giving examples of such \”types of repetition and shadows of history\” in the Book of Mormon that perhaps have not been framed in this context. Consider for…
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"Wo/woe" and "alas" in the Book of Mormon
I came across an interesting quote in the book 70 Hebrew Words Every Christian Should Know by Matthew Schlimm (p. 79) regarding the Hebrew word \”hoy\” (often translated \”woe/alas\”): My primary point is that when those to whom the prophets preached the initial exclamation, \’hoy!\”, they would have immediately associated this mentally and emotionally with…
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