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Questions

Verse 6

• Why were three days sufficient? Is this symbolic of the three days Christ spent without his body?
• How many tents did Lehi pitch in the valley? Was it just his own or did he make sure everyone set up their tents?

Verse 7

• Did Lehi ever participate in animal sacrifice? Or was he spared from that responsibility because he held the Melchizedek priesthood? Did his descendants likewise not practice this aspect of the law of Moses, because none of them were descendants of Aaron?

Verse 8

• Why did the river and valley not already have names? Or did Lehi ignore these names, because it was more important to give them new names? How permanent were these new names if none of the permanent residents in the area ever heard or remembered them?

Verse 9

• What does it mean to continually run into the fountain or source of righteousness? Does it mean seeking after that which is good without ceasing, or something more? Does running into something convey a violent image of collision?

Verse 10

• How "firm and steadfast" are valleys in the desert? Do the valleys that appear in between sand dunes last very long?

Lexical notes

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Exegesis

Verse 7

• Lehi is again quick to give thanks to God. In this context, it seems relatively natural for Lehi to give thanks to God for being given the chance to escape destruction in Jerusalem with his family. This may be part of the motivation for his giving thanks in 1 Ne 1:14-15 also.

Related links

Verse 7

• Joseph Smith taught that "all the prophets had the Melchizedek Priesthood and were ordained by God himself" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 180-81." Cited in Robert Millet, “The Holy Order of God”, in “Alma, the Testimony of the Word", ed. by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate.