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Mosiah 7–10
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Monday
- Scripture: Mosiah 7:1–16
- Commentary: Several Significant Journeys to and from Zarahemla
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Limhi’s Words
- Commentary: Two Ammons
- Commentary: King Limhi Is Quoted Directly
- Commentary: Mosiah 7:1-3
Tuesday
- Scripture: Mosiah 7:17–33
- Video: Book of Mormon Evidence: Barley
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Limhi's People Were in Bondage Because of Their Iniquities
- Commentary: God's Covenant Still Applies
- Commentary: Mosiah 7:24-28
- Evidence: Barley
- KnoWhy: How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today?
Wednesday
- Scripture: Mosiah 8:1–12
- Commentary: King Benjamin's Speech Shared with the People of Limhi
- Evidence: Obscure Mesoamerican Scripts
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Limhi's Search Party Discovers the Jaredite Remains
- Commentary: Mosiah 8:7-8
- Commentary: Mosiah 8:12-13
Thursday
- Scripture: Mosiah 8:13–21
- Commentary: Mosiah 8:19-21
- KnoWhy: Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet?
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Additional Study
- Commentary: A Gift from God
- Commentary: Greater Than a Prophet?
- Commentary: Mosiah 8:14-18
- Evidence: Interpreters, Teraphim, and the Urim and Thummim
Friday
- Scripture: Mosiah 9:1–19
- Commentary: Pre-Columbian Barley in America
- KnoWhy: Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters?
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Attestation of Sheum
- Commentary: How Tools of Defense Can Become Weapons of Rebellion
- Commentary: With Swords and with Cimeters
- Commentary: In the Strength of the Lord
- Commentary: Mosiah 9:7-9
- Commentary: Mosiah 9:10-12
- KnoWhy: How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith?
Saturday
- Scripture: Mosiah 10:1–10
- Video: Book of Mormon Evidence: Beards
- Commentary: Preparations of Protection
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Mesoamerican Linen
Sunday
- Scripture: Mosiah 10:11–22
- Commentary: Mosiah 10:10-13
- KnoWhy: What Can Readers Learn from Lamanite Traditions?
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Additional Study
- Commentary: The Causes of Lamanite Animosity
- Commentary: Mosiah 10:19-22
- Evidence: Thieves vs. Robbers
Additional Resources
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- Life Spans of Mosiah's Lineage
- Flashbacks in the Book of Mosiah
- Nephite and Lamanite Kings
- Legal Cases and Procedures in the Book of Mormon
- Wars in the Book of Mormon
- Data on Wars Involving the Nephites
- References to Nephite Fortifications Recorded in the Book of Mormon
- Mesoamerican Fortified and Defensive Sites by Period
- Journeys Indicating Distances
- Further Details in the Land of Nephi
- Metals in the Book of Mormon
- Whose Words Are Found in the Book of Mormon?
- Number of Pages in Books of the Book of Mormon
- Average Number of Pages Covering One Nephite Year
- Nephite Books Compared by Length and Years Covered
- Nephite Books Listed Chronologically
- Names Used for Christ by Major Book of Mormon Authors
- Names and Concepts Associated with Christ by Major Book of Mormon Authors
- Number of Names Used for Christ by Major Book of Mormon Authors
- Number of Names for Christ Used Exclusively by Individual Authors
- Ten Essential Features of Book of Mormon Geography
- Geographical Names Listed Alphabetically
- Geographical Names Listed by Scripture Reference
Bibliography
Mosiah 7
Peterson, Daniel C. “Priesthood in Mosiah.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 187–210. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Gee, John. “Limhi in the Library.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (1992): 54–66.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Journeys Indicating Distances.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 152.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Further Details in the Land of Nephi.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 154.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Nephite and Lamanite Kings.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 32.
Mosiah 7:1
Brandley, J. Theodore. “The City of Lehi-Nephi Name Change.” The Interpreter Foundation Blog (August 9, 2017).
Mosiah 7:1–5
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Twelve Journeys between the Cities of Nephi and Zarahemla.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 153.
Mosiah 7:3
Larsen, Val. “In His Footsteps: Ammon 1 and Ammon 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 3 (2013): 85–113.
Mosiah 7:7–8
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Legal Cases and Procedures in the Book of Mormon.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 121.
Mosiah 7:9
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Are Mormon's Extensive Quotations of Limhi Significant? (Mosiah 7:9).” KnoWhy 85 (April 25, 2016).
Mosiah 7:10
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “References to Nephite Fortifications Recorded in the Book of Mormon.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 142.
Mosiah 7:15–22
Williams, Clyde J. “Deliverance from Bondage.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 261–274. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Mosiah 7:18–19
Spendlove, Loren Blake. “Limhi's Discourse: Proximity and Distance in Teaching.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 8 (2014): 1–6.
Tate, George S. “The Typology of the Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon.” In Literature of Belief: Sacred Scripture and Religious Experience. Edited by Neal E. Lambert. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1981, 245–62.
Brown, S. Kent. “The Exodus Pattern of the Book of Mormon.” In From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon, 75–98. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1998.
Brown, S. Kent. “The Exodus Pattern of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–126.
Boehm, Bruce J. “Wanderers in the Promised Land: A Study of the Exodus Motif in the Book of Mormon and Holy Bible.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 187–203.
Mosiah 7:22
Sorenson, John L., and Robert F. Smith. “Barley in Ancient America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 130–132. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
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.
Mosiah 7:25
Book of Mormon Central. “How Do the Covenants in the Scriptures Apply to Me Today? (Mosiah 7:25).” KnoWhy 369 (October 3, 2017).
Mosiah 8
Peterson, Daniel C. “Priesthood in Mosiah.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 187–210. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1991.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Nephite and Lamanite Kings.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 32.
Mosiah 8:9
Reeve, Jr., Rex C. “The Book of Mormon Plates.” In The Book of Mormon: First Nephi, The Doctrinal Foundation, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 99–111. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1988.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Sources behind the Book of Ether.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 15.
Mosiah 8:12
Book of Mormon Central. “What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”? (Mosiah 8:12).” KnoWhy 515 (May 9, 2019).
Book of Mormon Central. “What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation? (Mosiah 8:12–13).” KnoWhy 454 (July 31, 2018).
Mosiah 8:13
Book of Mormon Central. “Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon? (2 Nephi 27:26).” KnoWhy 538 (October 31, 2019).
Book of Mormon Central. “Were Joseph Smith’s Translation Instruments Like the Israelite Urim and Thummim? (Alma 37:24).” KnoWhy 417 (March 20, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central. “Which Nephite King Had the Gift of Interpretation? (Mosiah 21:28).” KnoWhy 99 (May 13, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did the Book of Mormon Come Forth as a Miracle? (2 Nephi 27:23).” KnoWhy 273 (February 10, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Was a Stone Used as an Aid in Translating the Book of Mormon? (Alma 37:23).” KnoWhy 145 (July 18, 2016).
Callister, Paul Douglas. Kingship and Seer Stones: A Comparison of European Regalia and LDS Scriptural Accounts of Oracular Objects., 2010.
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “Urim and Thummim.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow.
Jolley, Elliot. “Gazelem the Jaredite.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 85–105.
Spencer, Stan. “What Did the Interpreters (Urim and Thummim) Look Like?” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 223–256.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Unanswered Questions in the Book of Mormon.” In The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, 317–327. Salt Lake City: Cornerstone Publishing, 1999.
Walker, Steven C. “Seer.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Mosiah 8:15
Book of Mormon Central. “Why is a Seer Greater than a Prophet? (Mosiah 8:15).” KnoWhy 86 (April 26, 2016).
Mosiah 9
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Flashbacks in the Book of Mosiah.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 29.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Nephite and Lamanite Kings.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 32.
Mosiah 9:2
Bokovoy, David E. and Pedro Olavarria. “Zarahemla: Revisiting the ‘Seed of Compassion.’” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 30, no. 5 (2010): 2–3.
Mosiah 9:5
Bowen, Matthew L. “’Possess the Land in Peace’: Zeniff’s Ironic Wordplay on Shilom.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 115–120.
Mosiah 9:9
Book of Mormon Central. “How Can Barley in the Book of Mormon Feed Faith? (Mosiah 9:9).” KnoWhy 87 (April 27, 2016).
Sorenson, John L., and Robert F. Smith. “Barley in Ancient America.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 130–132. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Mosiah 9:16
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Does the Book of Mormon Mention Cimeters? (Mosiah 9:16).” KnoWhy 472 (October 2, 2018).
Mosiah 10
Mosiah 10:4–5
Sorenson, John L. “The New World Promised Lands Economic Base.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 23, no. 5 (2003):
Mosiah 10:12–17
Reynolds, Noel B. “Nephi’s Political Testament.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon: Insights That You May Have Missed Before. Edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne. Provo and Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book and The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991.