Come, Follow Me: BOOK OF

DECEMBER 30–JANUARY 5 Which Plates Did the Book Introductory pages of Mormon Come from?

The plates of Mormon given to the Prophet

he Some of the sources for The Book of Lehi was written by many the plates of Mormon T (part of Mormon’s ancient prophets who abridgement; the 116 recorded their words on pages lost by Martin Harris) different sets of metal The Small Plates of Nephi (600 BC–130 BC *): plates. These records were 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Jacob, later abridged to create Enos, Jarom, Omni the plates of Mormon, or 1 Nephi through Omni (unabridged; included from the gold plates that Joseph the small plates of Nephi) Smith translated. The Large Plates Mormon’s of Nephi explanation (600 B.C.–A.D. 385): The Words of Mormon DISCUSSION for including Lehi, Mosiah, Alma, the small Compared to all that , 3 Nephi, Mosiah through plates of could have been recorded 4 Nephi, Mormon 1–7 Mormon 7 Nephi on the gold plates, (abridgment of the large plates of Nephi by Mormon) Mormon and others were Moroni’s com- The Plates of Ether inspired to choose only a pletion of his (around 2,300 BC– Mormon 8–9 small portion for the Book father’s book sometime Ether (the plates of Ether before 130 BC) of Mormon (see Words of abridged by Moroni) The writings Mormon 1:5 and 3 Nephi Moroni of Moroni, 26:6). How can knowing including the title page this influence your per- The Plates of Brass The sealed spective of the chapters we (4,000 BC–600 BC): portion Many quotations from have today? ◼ these plates appear in

the Book of Mormon. BEACH BRYAN OF JOSEPH SMITH AND MORONI BY ILLUSTRATION

* Dates represent the approximate time period covered by each set of plates.

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