2 Ne 4:11-15
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Questions
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Verses 15-16
- Motivation to ponder. What makes Nephi begin to think about the scriptures? What has just happened that motivates verse 15? What are “the things of the Lord” (v. 16)? Surely a good part of what Nephi means has already been mentioned in verse 15, namely the scriptures. But what else might he have in mind?
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Verses 15-35
- Structure. Can you explain Nephi's movement from one section to another (see link to outline below)?
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Lexical notes
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Verse 14
- The word "history" appears in the Book of Mormon only in the small plates: three times in Nephi's two books, and three times in Jacob (1 Ne 9:2; 2 Ne 4:14; 2 Ne 5:33; Jacob Heading; 1:2, 3). In every case except this one, "history" refers to a string of events, rather than to a record of such events. What this particular phrase means here is complex at the very least: "a more history part."
- A more history part. The phrase "a more history part" (verse 14) may mean, in more modern language "the more historical part." In that case Nephi is saying that the more historical part of what Nephi has to record is recorded on his other plates.
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Exegesis
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Verses 15-35
- Outline. Here's an outline of vv. 15-35.
- Heart and soul. For analysis of the terms heart and soul in these verses and elsewhere in the scriptures, see “Understanding Old Testament Poetry” by Kevin Barney in Ensign, June 1990, p. 51.
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