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- ...e Church claim that Native Americans were the ''exclusive'' descendants of Lehi or Mulek?== ...inions regarding whether or not all Amerindians are literal descendants of Lehi===4 KB (576 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ==Hugh Nibley: "in Lehi's day Palestine was swarming with Greeks"== <blockquote>[R]emember...that in Lehi's day Palestine was swarming with Greeks, important Greeks. Remember, it wa954 bytes (136 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: How could Lehi, a non-Levite, perform sacrifices?== ...example that comes to mind is that of Gideon, a judge of Israel, who, like Lehi, was from the Josephite tribe of Manasseh. Commanded of God to build an alt2 KB (260 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What is Lehi's ancestry?== ===Lehi and his family are ''not'' Jews: They belong to the tribe of Manasseh===2 KB (277 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- ...re all Amerindians the exclusive descendants of the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi?== ...ased upon the assumption that Amerindians are the exclusive descendants of Lehi===4 KB (716 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ==Sorenson and Roper: "Lehi saw from the beginning that Nephites and Lamanites were labels that would i ...e a genetically exclusive line descending only from the two oldest sons in Lehi's family.<ref>John L. Sorenson and Matthew Roper, ["Before DNA," https://pu1 KB (220 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ...achronistic, since Jeremiah would not have been in prison at the time that Lehi left Jerusalem?== ...|14}}) is anachronistic, since Jeremiah would not have been in prison when Lehi left Jerusalem. However, Jeremiah was imprisoned on more than one occasion;1 KB (221 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why would Lehi be living in Jerusalem if he was of the tribe of Joseph?== It is claimed that the fact that Lehi was not of Judah, but of the tribe of Joseph, makes it absurd for him to ha2 KB (371 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ==Jeffrey R. Chadwick: "Lehi's land of inheritance was most likely not located within the borders of the ....mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1081&index=3 "Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem," Lehi's House at Jerusalem and the Land of His Inheritance (2004)] </ref>2 KB (353 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...m J. Adams Jr. (1994): "These incidences raise the question: Did others in Lehi's Jerusalem inscribe records on metal plates?"== ...tes" (1 Nephi 6 and 9). These incidences raise the question: Did others in Lehi's Jerusalem inscribe records on metal plates?2 KB (237 words) - 06:44, 15 May 2024
- ==Lehi's journey paralleled the ancient "Frankincense trail," a trade route used i Hilton and Hilton noted that Lehi's journey paralleled the ancient "Frankincense trail," a trade route used i3 KB (484 words) - 20:58, 12 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Lehi's journey in the Old World]]45 bytes (7 words) - 19:53, 7 March 2023
- ==Question: What Old World sites match those on Lehi's journey as described in the Book of Mormon?== ...om Hilton and Hilton (1976), pp. 22–23 showing hypothesized route of Lehi's party. (Labels have been added to original graphic for clarity.)]]5 KB (827 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ==''Evening and the Morning Star'' (Jun 1833): "Lehi was guided by the matchless power of God to this continent"== ...by the Gentiles; the Jaredites were destroyed because of their wickedness; Lehi was guided by the matchless power of God to this continent....1 KB (209 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi"== ...as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi.<ref>Parley P. Pratt to Brigham Young, 13 March, 1852, in Parley P. Pratt,1 KB (171 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...B. Lee (11 Nov 1959) "it seems all are in agreement that the followers of Lehi came to the western shores of South America"== ...e we are (today) not far from the place where the history of the people of Lehi commenced in western America.<ref>Harold B. Lee, Quarterly Historical Repor862 bytes (139 words) - 14:25, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Does Izapa Stela 5 depict Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life in the Book of Mormon?==2 KB (274 words) - 15:19, 13 April 2024
- ...d that the scene carved in bas-relief on the stone was a representation of Lehi's vision of the tree of life"== ...f an Idea: The Scene on Stela 5 from Izapa, Mexico, as a Representation of Lehi's Vision of the Tree of Life," ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 8:1:2 KB (333 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...discuss how this drawing was made, and to suggest its implications for the Lehi hypothesis"== ...discuss how this drawing was made, and to suggest its implications for the Lehi hypothesis. This brief article is not meant to be the final word on the mat2 KB (261 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ...ring Old Testament times could only be held by the tribe of Aaron, how did Lehi's descendants, who were of the tribe of Joseph, hold the priesthood?== ...ect to the Law of Moses prior to the birth of Jesus Christ, how is it that Lehi and his family were able to exercise priesthood authority?6 KB (1,088 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Template:Berrett:New Light The So-called Lehi Cave:JBMS:1999]]74 bytes (10 words) - 21:16, 7 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Question: How could Lehi and his family, being Israelites, be allowed to offer sacrifices "according211 bytes (32 words) - 20:18, 8 April 2017
- ...m J. Adams Jr. (1994): "These incidences raise the question: Did others in Lehi's Jerusalem inscribe records on metal plates?"]]146 bytes (20 words) - 12:14, 3 December 2019
- #REDIRECT [[Evening and the Morning Star (Jun 1833): "Lehi was guided by the matchless power of God to this continent"]]120 bytes (19 words) - 12:22, 3 December 2019
- ...B. Lee (11 Nov 1959) "it seems all are in agreement that the followers of Lehi came to the western shores of South America"]]144 bytes (24 words) - 16:49, 3 December 2019
- ==Question: Does Lehi contradict Jeremiah 27 and prove himself a false prophet?== ...suschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/jer/27?lang=eng Jeremiah 27] proves that Lehi wasn’t a true prophet and that the Book of Mormon’s authenticity is thu6 KB (952 words) - 03:26, 11 August 2022
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- ...es box:Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision/CriticalSources]]141 bytes (19 words) - 23:25, 29 April 2024
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- ::::was called ''Lehi'', and ::::and ''Lehi''2 KB (242 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- * Arthur J Kocherhans, ''Lehi's Isle of Promise: A Scriptural Account with Word Definitions and a Comment225 bytes (25 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- ...whom this is an issue, however, are entirely free to investigate, cited in Lehi's Library blog, ([https://lehislibrary.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/the-2nd-wat10 KB (1,611 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ...y of "NHM"—an ancient site in Arabia with inscriptions which date to Lehi's era—that corresponds precisely with the Nahom of the Book of Mormon15 KB (2,306 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- * ''What are we looking for?'' Lehi and his family are clearly not ''Jews'', but descendants of Ephraim and Man19 KB (3,134 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...of the Americas is thought to date thousands of years before the advent of Lehi. Many of these settlers have links to east Asia. None of this is news, and21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...ve American Latter-day Saints throughout the Americas regard the Israelite Lehi to be a blood relative.''11 KB (1,647 words) - 22:44, 11 May 2024
- *Claimed that '''"Nephi, Lehi, Moroni"''' were the "principal names" in Spalding's book. *Claimed that "'''Nephi and Lehi''' were by [Spalding] represented as leading characters."48 KB (7,963 words) - 22:58, 19 May 2024
- ...ang=eng Doctrine & Covenants 42:56–60]</ref> Indeed, the iron rod of Lehi and Nephi's dream that leads us to salvation is the Word of God: scripture. We know from the scriptures that we all have free will and agency. Lehi in his valedictory tells us that "men are free according to the flesh; and40 KB (6,655 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- ...of "nahom." The location of these altars matches the appropriate place in Lehi's journey.584 bytes (93 words) - 15:54, 13 April 2024
- |summary=Lehi's journey paralleled the ancient "Frankincense trail," a trade route used i296 bytes (41 words) - 15:54, 13 April 2024
- |subject=Could Lehi's group have made a transoceanic crossing? ...1 Nephi chapters 17 and 18, recounts that Nephi built a ship in which the Lehi colony sailed from the old world to the new. In June 2010 the History Chann569 bytes (87 words) - 15:54, 13 April 2024
- {{Video:Meldrum:Stephens:2003:Children of Lehi}}708 bytes (82 words) - 13:36, 13 April 2024
- |summary=Are all Amerindians descendants of Lehi? It is claimed that Church leaders "seem reluctant or powerless to curtail"2 KB (232 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- ...ters-documents-from-lehis-day?lang=eng The Lachish Letters: Documents from Lehi's Day], ''Ensign,'' December 1981, 48. These ancient documents give signifi1 KB (153 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ==George Potter and Richard Wellington, "Lehi in The Wilderness: 81 New Evidences Documenting the Book of Mormon Is a Tru {{Video:Potter:2003:Lehi in the Wilderness}}6 KB (853 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- ...003:Children of Lehi}}</nowiki>||{{Video:Meldrum:Stephens:2003:Children of Lehi}} ...{Video:Potter:2003:Lehi in the Wilderness}} </nowiki>||{{Video:Potter:2003:Lehi in the Wilderness}}2 KB (237 words) - 23:44, 8 June 2017
- ...t only the three eldest male members of the leading Book of Mormon family (Lehi, ‘Lah’man’ and Lemuel), but the Book’s first villain as well (Laban ...t. This name was primarily known as a place name. Evidence for the name “Lehi” as a personal name has surfaced in recent years.26 KB (3,526 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...Book of Mormon mentions synagoges "after the manner of the Jews," despite Lehi's group leaving Jerusalem before the Babylonian captivity ...Book of Mormon mentions synagogues "after the manner of the Jews," despite Lehi's group leaving Jerusalem before the Babylonian captivity==33 KB (5,102 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...captivity would have greatly influenced the concept of the synagogue that Lehi and his family took with them to the New World.2 KB (240 words) - 21:53, 9 May 2024
- {{misinformation|LDS doctrine holds that Lehi was ''one'' ancestor of Amerindians. He is not the only ancestor, nor is h ...re all Amerindians the exclusive descendants of the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi?}}118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...sts and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represented only a ''' 'small band' ''' of Israelites, compa #Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug.24 KB (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ...achronistic, since Jeremiah would not have been in prison at the time that Lehi left Jerusalem?]]174 bytes (27 words) - 16:53, 10 April 2017
- ...sponse to claim: 70-71, n3 - Joseph Smith Sr.'s 1811 dreams are similar to Lehi's "first" vision and his "tree of life" dream ...sponse to claim: 70-71, n3 - Joseph Smith Sr.'s 1811 dreams are similar to Lehi's "first" vision and his "tree of life" dream==10 KB (1,683 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- * All Amerindians in Joseph's day were likely Lehi descendants. This does not tell us where the Book of Mormon took place. * [[Amerindians_as_Lamanites#All_From_Lehi|All from Lehi?]]8 KB (1,256 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- ...tor concludes that the Book of Mormon people used tents from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem. According to the narrator, "ancient peoples almost always h *Actually, Lehi's family could just as easily have had tents if his family traveled as trad8 KB (1,204 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- *The narrator claims that ocean currents would have carried Lehi's group to the East Coast of North America. *The Book of Mormon states that Lehi's ship was driven by the wind: "And it came to pass after we had all gone d5 KB (795 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- ...al DNA," 10.</ref> Even at the most optimistic, this is much too early for Lehi. But, again, the presentation does not mention this either.11 KB (1,804 words) - 22:06, 9 May 2024
- For material which post-dates Lehi's departure, the Book of Mormon manages to introduce such material (e.g., {10 KB (851 words) - 14:04, 13 April 2024
- ...o sparse, in fact, that Hugh Nibley has only been able to write two books, Lehi in the Desert and An Approach to the Book of Mormon, plus large portions of6 KB (1,075 words) - 22:16, 11 May 2024
- |L6=Question: Does Lehi contradict Jeremiah 27 and prove himself a false prophet? {{:Question: Does Lehi contradict Jeremiah 27 and prove himself a false prophet?}}2 KB (253 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- ...ves a vision. Lehi is told by God that Jerusalem will be destroyed and the Lehi should take his family and flee into the wilderness and that they will be l ...itings, as well as to bring Ishmael and his family to join Lehi’s group. Lehi’s group travels south through what is now Saudi Arabia and then east to t22 KB (3,753 words) - 15:34, 13 April 2024
- |L33=Response to claim: 141-142 - Lehi would never have written using an Egyptian language {{misinformation|It would not be unusual for Lehi's group to be familiar with Greek names.33 KB (5,227 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...achronistic, since Jeremiah would not have been in prison at the time that Lehi left Jerusalem?]]174 bytes (27 words) - 20:33, 18 April 2017
- The prophet [https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Lehi Lehi] in the [https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Book_of_Mormon Book of Mormon] told ...i Quote Shakespeare?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/did-lehi-quote-shakespeare|number=26}}12 KB (1,846 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- * Sorenson, John L. “When Lehi’s Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?” ''Journal of * Meldrum, D. Jeffrey and Trent D. Stephens. ''Who Are the Children of Lehi? DNA and the Book of Mormon''. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007.70 KB (10,752 words) - 04:18, 16 May 2024
- * All Amerindians in Joseph's day were likely Lehi descendants. This does not tell us where the Book of Mormon took place. ...Mormon/Lamanites/Relationship to Amerindians/Descendants of Lehi|All from Lehi?]]32 KB (4,968 words) - 15:47, 13 April 2024
- ...heir influence in our favor? Zenos and many other Prophets are helping us. Lehi and all the Prophets understood the principle of union and concentration th ...g the Lamanites, concerning the remnants of Joseph, concerning the seed of Lehi, or concerning the ten tribes of Israel, or any of the branches thereof—n34 KB (6,336 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...hou wouldst fulfil the covenants made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with Lehi and Nephi, and with all the Prophets that have lived on this land, that Zio6 KB (1,025 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- *{{Detail|Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision}}27 KB (3,938 words) - 20:07, 11 May 2024
- *{{Detail|Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision}}75 KB (11,044 words) - 20:10, 11 May 2024
- ...e called the aristocracy, came out of the old country: they came as far as Lehi came from Jerusalem, and so on, till they came into this country; but still27 KB (5,337 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...years before Christ, a Prophet was raised up in Jerusalem, by the name of Lehi, and another one by the name of Nephi; and the Lord commanded them to leave50 KB (9,344 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...of the fruit of the vine with us; and with him will be Moroni, Mormon, and Lehi, and all the inhabitants of this vast American continent who have been save29 KB (5,464 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ...e is a chance to take hold of the word of the word of God, as described by Lehi. It is our privilege to hold fast and hold on to them. And if we should be19 KB (3,559 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ...er Preston Thomas be ordained Bishop of this settlement. He is residing in Lehi, but came with us intending to visit Bear River Lake and Soda Springs, but4 KB (781 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...me. His name was Nephi. He was the son of Helaman, and had a brother named Lehi. He was the grandfather of Nephi, who was the President of the Twelve whom41 KB (7,851 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...d upon this continent; who were brought out of the land of Jerusalem under Lehi, Mulek and others, and who have inhabited this land from about 600 years be23 KB (4,287 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...am understanding this, partook of the fruit, and as is said by the Prophet Lehi, "Adam fell that man might be, and men are that they may have joy." If he h36 KB (6,802 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...aham, and the family of Lot in the city of Sodom, and upon the families of Lehi and Ishmael, as mentioned in the Book of Mormon. ...calling of Israel, making them an independent people; likewise in calling Lehi to establish a people upon this continent, as well as in many other instanc25 KB (4,239 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024