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Chapter 29
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1 But behold, there shall be many—at that day when I shall
proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my covenants
which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand again the
second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
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2 And also, that I may remember the promises which I have
made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would remember your
seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed forth out of my mouth
unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, for
a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel;
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3 And because my words shall hiss forth—many of the
Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible,
and there cannot be any more Bible.
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2 Ne 29:3-4
The term “Bible” is an interesting choice here since the Bible did not yet
exist as a single compiled book until the fourth century CE.
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4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have a
Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant
people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive
from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and
the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in
bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
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Annotation for 2 Ne 29:3-4 above
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5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient
covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have
not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon
your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
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6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible,
and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
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7 Know ye not that there are more nations than one? Know
ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember
those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above
and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men,
yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
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8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more
of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto
you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I
speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two
nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run
together also.
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9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the
same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words according
to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need not
suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished; neither
shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and
forever.
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10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not
suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have
not caused more to be written.
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11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the
west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that
they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books
which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their
works, according to that which is written.
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12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall
write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall write it;
and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I
have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all
nations of the earth and they shall write it.
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13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have the
words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the Jews; and
the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of Israel;
and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the
Jews.
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14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which are of
the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their
possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto
them that fight against my word and against my people, who are of the house
of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would
remember his seed forever.
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