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THE BOOK OF
MORMON
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And now I, Mormon, make a record of the things
which I have both seen and heard,
And call it the book of Mormon.
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2
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And about the time that Ammoron hid up
the records unto the Lord, he came unto me,
I, being about ten years of age-
And I began to be learned somewhat after
the manner of the learning of my people-
And Ammoron saith unto me:
"I perceive that thou art a sober child
and art quick to observe;
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3
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Therefore, when ye are about twenty and four years old,
I would that ye should remember the things
that ye have observed concerning this people;
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4
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And when ye are of that age, go to the Land of Antum,
unto a hill which shall be called Shim,
And there have I deposited unto the Lord
all the sacred engravings concerning this people.
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5
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"And behold, ye shall take the
plates of Nephi unto yourself,
And the remainder shall ye leave
in the place where they are,
And ye shall engrave upon the plates of Nephi all the
things that ye have observed concerning this people."
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And I, Mormon, being a descendant of Nephi-
and my father's name was Mormon-
And I remembered the things
which Ammoron commanded me.
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7
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And it came to pass that I, being eleven years old,
was carried by my father into the Land Southward,
even to the Land of Zarahemla-
The whole face of the land having
become covered with buildings,
And the people were as numerous
almost as it were the sands of the sea.
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And it came to pass that in this year, there began to be
a war between the Nephites-which consisted
of the Nephites and the Jacobites
and the Josephites and the Zoramites-
And this war was between the Nephites, and the
Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites;
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Now the Lamanites and the Lemuelites
and the Ishmaelites were called Lamanites;
And the two parties were Nephites and Lamanites.
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