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Chapter 10
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1 And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon these
plates of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore, to proceed
with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my father, and also
of my brethren.
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2 For behold, it came to pass after my father had made an
end of speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them to all
diligence, he spake unto them concerning the Jews—
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3 That after they should be destroyed, even that great
city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon, according to
the own due time of the Lord, they should return again, yea, even be brought
back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity
they should possess again the land of their inheritance.
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4 Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my father
left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the Jews—even a
Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.
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5 And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a
number had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom he had
spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.
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6 Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen
state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.
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7 And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come
before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord—
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8 Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the wilderness:
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight; for there
standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is mightier than I, whose
shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. And much spake my father
concerning this thing.
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9 And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara,
beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that he should
baptize the Messiah with water.
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10 And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he
should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who
should take away the sins of the world.
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11 And it came to pass after my father had spoken these
words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be
preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in
unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he
had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself
manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.
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12 Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles,
and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like
unto an olive tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be
scattered upon all the face of the earth.
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13 Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be
led with one accord into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of the word
of the Lord, that we should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.
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14 And after the house of Israel should be scattered they
should be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had
received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the olive tree,
or the remnants of the house of Israel, should be grafted in, or come to the
knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemer.
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15 And after this manner of language did my father
prophesy and speak unto my brethren, and also many more things which I do not
write in this book; for I have written as many of them as were expedient for
me in mine other book.
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16 And all these things, of which I have spoken, were done
as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.
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17 And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all
the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision, and
also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, which power he
received by faith on the Son of God—and the Son of God was the Messiah who should
come—I, Nephi, was desirous also that I might see, and hear, and know of
these things, by the power of the Holy Ghost, which is the gift of God unto
all those who diligently seek him, as well in times of old as in the time
that he should manifest himself unto the children of men.
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18 For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and
the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be
that they repent and come unto him.
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19 For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the
mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost,
as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in
times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.
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20 Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou
shalt be brought into judgment.
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21 Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the days
of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the judgment-seat of God;
and no unclean thing can dwell with God; wherefore, ye must be cast off
forever.
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22 And the Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should speak
these things, and deny them not.
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