Nephi is led by the spirit to obtain the plates of brass. The following other plates are described in the book of mormon the brass plates were a set of plates retrieved by nephi at the direction of his father, lehi. Among these remnants are teachings of four prophets not mentioned in the bible. The book of mormon indicates that laban and his father had inherited and preserved the record because they were descendants of this joseph. The following other plates are described in the book of mormon. The first part of our book of mormon, from first nephi through omni is a translation of the small plates which were written primarily by nephi and.
Unlike many of the other book of mormon characters, laban neither ends up in the new world, nor is he a biblical character. Brass plates mormonism, the mormon church, beliefs. When reading through the book of mormon, one finds references to many. Nephi said that the plates of brass contained the five books of. Nephi was instructed by the spirit to obtain the plates, and the spirit explained. What parts of the old testament were on the plates of brass. The plates of brass contained a copy of the law five books of moses, a history of the jews, lehis genealogy. One of our favorite and most well known stories in the book of mormon is that of nephi and his brothers going back to jerusalem to obtain the. Nephi is led by the spirit to obtain the plates of brass 1 nephi 35 book of mormon. The lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. As a result of a dream, lehi sends his sons back to jerusalem to obtain sacred records on plates of brass from a wicked religious and military leader named laban. How often were scriptures on the plates of brass the common source. Some of these records were comparable to certain books now found in the old testament, but others did not find their way into the bible. When reading through the book of mormon, one finds references to many different parts of the old testament.
The first part of our book of mormon, from first nephi through omni is a translation of the small plates which were written primarily by nephi. When discussing melchizedek in alma, for example, the book of mormon appears to allude to the joseph smith translation of genesis 14. Lehi sends his sons back to jerusalem to get the brass plates from king laban. Although laban only makes a brief appearance in the narrative, his brass plates would later play an important role. Dvd nephi and the brass plates animated stories book of. The golden plates were a set of plates that joseph smith, jr. Brass plate passage by isaiah quoted by nephi the book. Book of mormon plates and records the encyclopedia of.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the plates of mormon translated by joseph smith and show how the other nephite records were used to produce the book of mormon. Check out the most recent video, which tells the familiar story of nephi following the spirit to obtain the brass plates. The brass plates were a set of plates retrieved by nephi at the direction of his father, lehi. Nephi was instructed by the spirit to obtain the plates, and the spirit explained that, in so doing, nephi would help to preserve a people. The plates of brass are integral to the story and message of the book of mormon. Evidence has been found revealing that important messages were engraved into metal objects at the time just prior to the captivity of babylon. The book of mormon does tell how the prophet lehi came to possess the plates of brass. Why new testament words and phrases are in the book of mormon part 5. Finally, the plates contained a more extensive account of old testament peoples and events than the bible see 1 nephi 5. Among his possessions was a set of brass plates containing the genealogy of lehi, a major character in the. The book of mormon claims that a record was kept on brass plates prior to the invasion and captivity of babylon. The plates of brass contained a copy of the law five books of moses, a history of the jews, lehis genealogy, and the writings of many prophets. The plates he held referred to several other sets of plates and records, an understanding of which is necessary to understand the book of mormon.
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