Mosiah 8:11-15
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Verse 11
- Metal weapons are almost unheard of in pre-Columbian America. Does this verse indicate the presence of iron weapons?
- What would the weapons have been made of that their hilts had perished but their blades "were cankered with rust"?
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Verse 12
- Why would Limhi be "desirous to know the cause" of the destruction of the lost people?
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Verse 13
- What do we learn about the role of a seer in this verse?
- Why does a seer have to be commanded to look into the interpreters?
- What might it mean to "look for that he ought not"? Are there ways that we look for what we ought not in our modern society?
- Why might one perish after looking "foro that he ought not"?
- Our modern prophets and apostles are sustained as seers. Does this mean that they have access to the same kind of interpreters as king Mosiah? Why don't we hear about modern seers using interpreters?
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Verse 14
- Why is being a seer called a "high gift from God"
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Verse 15
- Why would Limhi say "that a seer is greater than a prophet"? What would it mean to be "greater" than a prophet?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Related links
- I'd Never be so Foolish, a short fiction piece by Joseph Absalom about the perils of improperly using a seer stone.
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