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Ether 12–15
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Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Scripture: Ether 12:1–6
- Video: Come, Follow Me with Taylor Halverson (Ether 12–15)
- Commentary: Ether 12 — Study Questions
- Commentary: Introduction — Final Farewells of Two Prophets
- Commentary: Ether 12:2-5
- Additional Study
Tuesday
- Scripture: Ether 12:7–21
- Commentary: Ether 12:6-9
Wednesday
- Scripture: Ether 12:22–29
- Video: My Grace Is Sufficient - John Hilton III (Ether 12-15)
- Commentary: Ether 12:28-29
- Commentary: Moroni Fears That Gentiles Will Mock Him
- Commentary: Ether 12:22-25
- Commentary: Ether 12:26-27
- Additional Study
Thursday
- Scripture: Ether 12:30–41
- Commentary: Ether 12:30-31
- Commentary: Ether 12:35-36
- Commentary: Ether 12:37-41
Friday
- Scripture: Ether 13:1–31
- Commentary: Ether 13 — Study Questions
- Commentary: Ether Saw the Nephites in Vision
- Commentary: The Final War of the Jaredites Raged throughout the Land
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Ether 13:9-12
- Commentary: Ether 13:13-15
- KnoWhy: Why Do the Prophets Speak of Multiple Jerusalems?
- Evidence: Wordplay on Heshlon
Saturday
- Scripture: Ether 14:1–31
- Commentary: Ether 14 — Study Questions
- Commentary: Ether 14:11-16
- Commentary: Ether 14:21-23
- Commentary: Ether 14:24-27
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Attestations of Cumorah and Comron
- Evidence: Attestation of Kish
- KnoWhy: Why Were the Unburied Dead So Troubling to the Jaredites?
Sunday
- Scripture: Ether 15:1–34
- Commentary: Ether 15 — Study Questions
- Commentary: Ether Finishes His Record
- Commentary: Ether 15:4-6
- Commentary: Ether 15:17-19
- Commentary: Ether 15:20-26
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Ether 15:32-34
- KnoWhy: How Could Shiz Move and Breathe After Being Beheaded?
- Commentary: Two Final Battles
- Commentary: Coriantumr, Being Exhausted, Falls to the Earth
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Bibliography
Ether 12
Garrett, H. Dean. “Light in Our Vessels: Faith, Hope, and Charity.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 81–93. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.
Thomas, Mark D. “Moroni: The Final Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 88–99, 119-120.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 12:6
Book of Mormon Central. “How Can Trials of Faith Lead to Spiritual Growth? (Ether 12:6).” KnoWhy 356 (August 23, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Must a Trial of Faith Precede a Witness of Truth? (Ether 12:6).” KnoWhy 246 (December 6, 2016).
Ether 12:7
Tvedtnes, John A. “The Timing of Christ's Appearance to the Nephites.” In The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, 251–269. Salt Lake City: Cornerstone Publishing, 1999.
Ether 12:23–25
Book of Mormon Central. “Does the Book of Mormon Really Have “Bad” Grammar? (Ether 12:25).” KnoWhy 490 (December 4, 2019).
Book of Mormon Central. “Why is the Book of Mormon a Classic? (Ether 12:25).” KnoWhy 63 (March 26, 2016).
Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Welch, John W., David Fox, Roger R. Keller, Paul Y. Hoskisson, Deloy Pack, Robert F. Smith, and Bruce W. Warren. “Words and Phrases.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 282–285. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Ether 12:27
Book of Mormon Central. “How Does Grace Help Us Overcome Weakness? (Ether 12:27).” KnoWhy 350 (August 9, 2017).
Rasmus, Carolyn J. “’Weak Things Made Strong.’” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 251–262. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.
Reynolds, Noel B. “’Come unto Me’ as a Technical Gospel Term.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 1–24.
Ether 12:35
Hilton, John III, Ryan Sharp, Brad Wilcox, and Jaron Hansen. “Gentiles in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 267–288.
Ether 12:37–39
Book of Mormon Central. “What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr? (Ether 12:37, 39).” KnoWhy 1 (January 1, 2016).
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “People to Whom Jesus Christ or the Angel of the Lord Appeared.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 41.
Ether 13
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45–59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
O’Driscoll, Jeff. “Zion Zion Zion: Keys to Understanding Ether 13.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 215–234. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 13:1–13
Bowen, Matthew L. “’They Shall No More Be Confounded’: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91–104.
Ether 13:3–6
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Do the Prophets Speak of Multiple Jerusalems? (Ether 13:3–6).” KnoWhy 247 (December 7, 2016).
Ether 13:25–31
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. “Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25–31.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 227–239.
Ether 14
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45–59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 15
Anonymous. “Out of the Dust.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 82–83, 88.
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45–59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Roper, Matthew (2003) “Nephi’s Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations,” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 15, no. 2 (2003): 91–128.
Roper, Matthew. Nephi’s Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations In 2003 FAIR Conference. Orem, UT: FairMormon, 2003.
Sorenson, John L. “When Lehi’s Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (1992): 1–34.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Two Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 138.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 15:29–32
Book of Mormon Central. “How Could Shiz Move and Breathe After Being Beheaded? (Ether 15:31).” KnoWhy 248 (December 8, 2016).
Hadfield, Gary M. and John W. Welch. “The ‘Decapitation’ of Shiz.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 14, no. 6 (1994): 2.
Hadfield, Gary M. “Neuropathology and the Scriptures.” BYU Studies Quarterly 33, no. 2 (1993): 312–328.
Roper, Matthew. “Book of Mormon Swords in Mesoamerican Antiquity.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 28, no. 2 (2008): 2–3.