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258 And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer;

259 Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if it so be that they should obtain these things.

260 For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth weary me, even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at Jerusalem;

261 For had not the Lord been merciful, to shew unto me concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished also;

262 And he surely did shew unto the prophets of old, all things concerning them;

263 And also he did shew unto many concerning us;

264 Wherefore, it must needs be, that we know concerning them, for they are written upon the plates of brass.

1 Nephi 6

1 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethren these things.

2 And it came to pass that I did read many things to them, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that they might know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands, among people of old.

3 And I did read many things unto them, which were written in the book of Moses;

4 But that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer, I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet Isaiah;

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RLDS Verse Context

1 Nephi 5:258 - 1 Nephi 6:4