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Scripture Context
1 Nephi 5:73 - 1 Nephi 5:83
73 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make bellows wherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts;
74 And after I had made bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire, I did smite two stones together, that I might make fire.
75 For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness;
76 For he said, I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;
77 And I will also be your light in the wilderness;
78 And I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments;
79 Wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall be led toward the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led.
80 Yea, and the Lord said also, that after ye have arrived to the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God;
81 And that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction;
82 Yea, that I did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.
83 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and diligence.