Enos 1:21-27
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Lexical notes
Mansions
- While we can't be sure of the exact word translated in verse 27 as "mansions", the King James Version of the Bible only uses the word "mansions" once, in John 14:2 where Christ says "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." The Greek word translated here as "mansions" is the noun mone, which is later translated as "abode" in John 14:23. Rather than implying that Christ has prepared spacious homes for us in heaven, a modern interpretation of the word "mansion", the original Greek seems to imply that Christ has created dwelling places for us there. In Latter-day Scriptures, the word mansion is used in reference to dwelling places in the presence of God here in Enos, three times in Moroni's discourse on faith in Ether 12 (Ether 12:32, Ether 12:34, and Ether 12:37), and seven times in the Doctrine and Covenants.
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Exegesis
Verses 23-24. Verse 24 tells us that there were wars among the Nephites and Lamanites. In verse 23 Enos tells us that it was only by, among other things, continually prophesying of wars that the Nephites were kept from "going down speadily to destruction." It may be that these wars were necessary in order to remind the Nephites of their dependence on the Lord. See 1 Ne 2:23-24.
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Verse 25
- One hundred and seventy nine years seems like a long time to have passed between the time Lehi left Jerusalem and Enos is about to die. See a short article on this from Farms here.
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