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* '''Nephi.'''
 
* '''Nephi.'''
  
:* '''Analogy to the Books of Moses.''' Much of what the five books of Moses are to the Old Testament, the two books of Nephi are to the Book of Mormon. Genesis explains the historical process by which the younger sons Isaac and Jacob inherited the birthright of Abraham, and how Joseph established a unitary House of Israel by gathering his brothers to him. (See the discussion at Genesis 36-50). Nephi likewise tells how he came to inherit the birthright in place of his older brothers Laman and Lemuel (See the discussion at First Nephi) received additional covenant promises from the Lord (2 Ne 2:19-24), and how the Nephites and Lamanitess came to be established as peoples. Exodus and Numbers tell the story of Israel's travels through the wilderness and of how it learned through that experience to obey and to qualify to possess the land promised to Abraham. Nephi tells a similar story about the family of Lehi's travels through the wilderness. Soon after entering the wilderness, Israel is established as the Lord's people through the Sinai Covenant. (Ex 20-24). Soon after Lehi's family enters the wilderness, Nephi receives a covenant. (2 Ne 2:19-24). In Deuteronomy, Moses spells out the conditions under which Israel will have possession of its land of promise. In the Covenant with Nephi the conditions are spelled out under which the Nephites will be either prospered or scourged in their land of promise. (Nephi does not include a lengthy recitation of religious rites and regulations as are spelled out in Leviticus). Understanding the small plates in this way could make them pleasing and worth including even to someone like Mormon who had already written his own edited summary of this history from Nephi's large plates.
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:* '''Analogy to the Books of Moses.''' Much of what the five books of Moses are to the Old Testament, the two books of Nephi are to the Book of Mormon. Genesis explains the historical process by which the younger sons Isaac and Jacob inherited the birthright of Abraham, and how Joseph established a unitary House of Israel by gathering his brothers to him. (See the discussion at Genesis 36-50). Nephi likewise tells how he came to inherit the birthright in place of his older brothers Laman and Lemuel (See the discussion at First Nephi) and of the covenant birthright promises he received from the Lord (2 Ne 2:19-24), and how the Nephites and Lamanitess came to be established as peoples. Exodus and Numbers tell the story of Israel's travels through the wilderness and of how it learned through that experience to obey and to qualify to possess the land promised to Abraham. Nephi tells a similar story about the family of Lehi's travels through the wilderness. Soon after entering the wilderness, Israel is established as the Lord's people through the Sinai Covenant. (Ex 20-24). Soon after Lehi's family enters the wilderness, Nephi receives a covenant. (2 Ne 2:19-24). In Deuteronomy, Moses spells out the conditions under which Israel will have possession of its land of promise. In the Covenant with Nephi the conditions are spelled out under which the Nephites will be either prospered or scourged in their land of promise. Nephi does not include a lengthy recitation of religious rites and regulations as are spelled out in Leviticus.
  
 
* '''Jacob'''
 
* '''Jacob'''

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