Restored Covenant Edition Book of Mormon

Updates to the RCE Edition 2023


The Restored Covenant Edition (RCE) is the most accurate Book of Mormon available.
Published in 1999, it returned RLDS wording closely to the original inasmuch as it was possible to read.
Modern imaging technology has allowed the original and printers manuscripts (1830s) to be read more easily.
The Book of Mormon Foundation board made these updates in the 2023 printing.
These changes exist in the Online RCE search.

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CHANGE

REASON*

 

1 Nephi 1:31

were to was

OM

31 And he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which was nearer the Red Sea;

1 Nephi 1:109

Remove I

OM

109 And beheld his sword, And drew it forth from the sheath thereof and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, And the workmanship thereof was exceeding fine, And saw that the blade thereof was of the most precious steel.

1 Nephi 2:7

Remove Saying

OM

7 And now I would that ye might know that after my father Lehi had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, It came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone, But that his sons should take daughters to wife, that might raise up seed unto the Lord in the Land of Promise.

1 Nephi 2:7

Remove they

OM

7 And now I would that ye might know that after my father Lehi had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, It came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, that it was not meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness alone, But that his sons should take daughters to wife, that might raise up seed unto the Lord in the Land of Promise.

1 Nephi 2:48

behold to beheld

OM

And it came to pass that after I had prayed unto the Lord, beheld, a large and spacious field.

1 Nephi 3:38

set to sat

OM

38 Wherefore, as I sat pondering in mine heart, I was caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceeding high mountain, A mountain which I never had before seen and upon which I never had before sat my foot.

1 Nephi 3:74

come to came

OM

74 And after that He was baptized, I beheld the heavens open and the Holy Ghost came down out of heaven and abode upon Him in the form of a dove;

1 Nephi 3:128

spoke to spake

OM

128 And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed according to the word of the angel;

1 Nephi 3:183

remove most

OM

183 And after that the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly because of the most plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which hath been kept back by that abominable church which is the mother of harlots, ' saith the Lamb, 'Wherefore, I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, ' saith the Lamb, 'Insomuch that I will bring forth unto them in Mine own power much of My gospel, which shall be plain and precious, ' saith the Lamb.

1 Nephi 4:58

add that

OM

58 But behold I say unto you that the kingdom of God is not filthy, And there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God

1 Nephi 5:183

add to after even

OM

183 Yea, even to that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither -

2 Nephi 3:39

up on to upon

PM

39 And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before Him, yea, my voice have I sent upon high, And angels came down and ministered unto me;

2 Nephi 7:39

are to have been

PM

39 And now behold, the Lord remembereth all they which have been broken off; Wherefore, He remembereth us also;

Mosiah 9:103

Add an before oath

PM

103 And also Limhi, being the son of the king, having the kingdom conferred upon him by the people, made an oath unto the king of the Lamanites that his people should pay tribute unto him, even one half of all they possessed.

Alma 20:7

toward to towards

PM

7 Now this he did that he might preserve their hatred towards the Nephites, that he might bring them into subjection to the accomplishment of his designs,

Alma 20:11

toward to towards

PM

11 Yea, and they also knew the extreme hatred of the Lamanites towards their brethren which were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, which were called the people of Ammon;

Alma 26:18

change this to the

OM

18 "And now they were determined to conquer in this place, or die; Therefore, you may well suppose that the little force which I brought with me, yea, those sons of mine, gave them great hopes and much joy.

3 Nephi 5:40

nowise to no wise

PM

40 "And again I say unto you, Ye must repent, and be baptized in My name, and become as a little child, Or ye can in no wise inherit the kingdom of God!

Alma 16:31

correct 'trangression'

typo

31 "Ye say that this people is a guilty and a fallen people because of the transgression of a parent; Behold, I say that a child is not guilty because of its parents.

Alma 16:97

Cap Rameumptom

error

97 Now the place was called by them "Rameumptom, " which, being interpreted, is the "holy stand."

Alma 21:47

correct 'transgressions'

typo

47 And he saith: "Surely God shall not suffer that we who are despised because we take upon us the name of Christ shall be trodden down and destroyed, until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions."

Alma 21:51

correct 'transgress'

typo

51 Or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God, Or fall into transgression and be ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ, The Lord should rend them even as they had rent their garments.

Alma 21:53

correct 'transgression'

typo

53 Yea, He may cast us at the feet of our enemies, even as we have cast our garments at thy feet, to be trodden underfoot, if we should fall into transgression."

Alma 25:17

replace missing ; and ,

typo

17 "Behold, I will avenge his blood upon you; Yea, and I will come upon you with my armies for I fear not your threatenings.

Helaman 2:8

make upper case sea south, s north, s west, s east

typo

8 And it came to pass that they did multiply and spread, And did go forth from the Land Southward to the Land Northward, And did spread insomuch that they began to cover the face of the whole earth - from the sea South to the sea North, from the sea West to the sea East.

 

 

 

 

POSSIBLE CHANGES BUT LEFT UNCHANGED

 

1 Nephi 4:60

1  based on OM, PM & 1830 editions. PM edited after 1830 to father, then foundation

 

60 And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of which I have spoken, And the devil is the preparator of it.

1 Nephi 7:18

1 OM: the being nursed; PM:their being nourished

 

18 Wherefore, it is likened unto their being nursed by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon their shoulders.

2 Nephi 1:118

1  PM: could be read as Law. No OM for this verse.

 

118 To act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the Lord at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

Alma 19:20

1 retain: possibly repair in the OM

 

20 But rather return unto them and acknowledge your faults and repair that wrong which ye have done; Seek not after riches nor the vain things of this world, For behold, you cannot carry them with you.

 

 

 

 

*OM=Original Manuscript

 

 

 

*PM=Printer's Manuscript