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- ...d a copy of the genealogy of the tribe of Joseph in the land of Palestine. Laban being a descendent of Joseph, the records had fallen into his hands. Lehi w ...em. And thus my father Lehi did discover the genealogy of his fathers. And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph, wherefore he and his fathers had kept the41 KB (7,520 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...ort period of time he married another woman, who lived in the household of Laban, named Bilhah, and in a little time after that he married a fourth woman,{{48 KB (8,882 words) - 14:39, 13 April 2024
- .... He did so; he married his two cousins, Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Laban, his mother's brother. And from these families and from that blood sprang t37 KB (7,082 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
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- |L=Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Could Satan deceive Nephi |H=Questions regarding possible Satanic influence in Nephi's killing of Laban1 KB (262 words) - 14:05, 13 April 2024
- ...w of the Lord was alleged by Strang to be a translation of the [[Plates of Laban]] mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Neither of these alleged discoveries by9 KB (1,335 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...them "the breast plates, the [[Liahona|Ball or Directors]], the [[Sword of Laban]] and other plates". ({{Harvtxt|Van Horn|1881}}; {{Harvtxt|Kelley|Blakeslee19 KB (2,893 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...table near "many wagon loads" of other ancient records, and the [[Sword of Laban]] hanging on the cave wall. ...he said he gained from Cowdery, on a later visit to the cave, the Sword of Laban was said to be unsheathed and placed over the plates, and inscribed with th7 KB (1,089 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...m|1870|pp=306, 308}}; {{Harvnb|Salisbury|1895|p=13}}), the brass plates of Laban {{Harv|Salisbury|1895|p=13}}, the vessel in which the gold was melted, a ro25 KB (3,946 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...ng the record of the wickedness of the people of the world....the sword of Laban, the Directors (i.e. the ball which [[Lehi]] had) and the Interpreters. I s46 KB (7,051 words) - 20:14, 11 May 2024
- ...Mormon, is applied to two Old World weapons (Nephi's bow and the sword of Laban). Only in Ether are swords made of steel ({{s||Ether|7|9}}). Nephites are17 KB (2,639 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- {{:Question: Did Joseph Smith create the story of Nephi and Laban by plagiarizing concepts and phrases from the story of Judith and Holoferne44 KB (6,755 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Questions regarding possible Satanic influence in Nephi's killing of Laban {{:Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Could Satan deceive Nephi}}687 bytes (104 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...thical considerations|Ethical considerations related to Nephi's killing of Laban]])3 KB (491 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- ...ou shall have a view of the plates, and also the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim, which were given to the brother of Jared upon the mo80 KB (14,517 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...ngth made a quotation from the 12th page of the Book of Mormon, concerning Laban's sword of steel, stating that he was fully prepared to reject any book as ...bbed him of all his property which was exceeding great, and that he killed Laban in obedience to express commandment of the Lord.69 KB (12,477 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- Laban Morill Russell Potter69 KB (12,144 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- Leister Brooks, Laban Morrill,69 KB (12,359 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...rers; supposed to be the same called gods and images when Jacob fled, from Laban. For Jacob was a man of God and did not worship idols or images. The origin96 KB (17,379 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...d hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the wilderness. And ...of Laban, and he talked with him as he sat in his house. And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained t84 KB (15,425 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- |2. "And Mosiah was a direct descendent of Zoram, the servant of Laban who delivered the brass plates unto Nephi and his brethren." (8:25).||Mosia ...eage and "also by the laying on of hands by those who were in authority." Laban, who was later slain by Nephi, is identified as the chief High Priest.11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:20, 9 May 2024
- **1 Nephi 4:9 (sword of Laban)13 KB (2,000 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1035] Laban sword is also described a “exceedingly fine.” The Dead Sea Scrolls also ...ry of David and Goliath as a modal or pattern for his narrative of slaying Laban (a common technique in ancient literature). Thus by comparing the two stori17 KB (2,574 words) - 14:23, 13 April 2024
- ...ources ||[[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Could Satan deceive Nephi/CriticalSources|edit]] ...ources ||[[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Was it "cold blooded murder"/CriticalSources|edit]]167 KB (22,691 words) - 13:53, 11 May 2024
- |L34=Response to claim: "unless Laban was in the habit of coming home with blood-drenched clothing" ==Response to claim: "unless Laban was in the habit of coming home with blood-drenched clothing"==56 KB (9,377 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- **William J. Adams Jr., "Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&cha **Brett L. Holbrook, "The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.47 KB (6,229 words) - 15:38, 26 December 2012
- **Brett L. Holbrook, "Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publicati496 bytes (73 words) - 15:30, 26 December 2012
- **William J. Adams Jr., "Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&cha **Brett L. Holbrook, "The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.51 KB (6,760 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- **Brett L. Holbrook, "Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publicati925 bytes (123 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- **John W. Welch, "Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=1&num=1&id=621 (Ma **Brett L. Holbrook, "The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.4 KB (587 words) - 22:51, 2 February 2013
- |L8=Response to claim: "that Laban would send his servants after Nephi and his brothers is ridiculous consider ==Response to claim: "that Laban would send his servants after Nephi and his brothers is ridiculous consider16 KB (2,587 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...n later than others. The critical issue raised is that the Brass Plates of Laban quote from sections of Isaiah that this theory ascribes to Deutero-Isaiah,2 KB (347 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as steel. A steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C.” <br><br>3 KB (444 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- .... How is it, on any other supposition, to be explained that Jacob accepted Laban's arrangement without protest? Where, if not in his home, had he learned th529 KB (90,740 words) - 02:33, 19 May 2024
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- [[de:Nephi's Tötung von Laban/Konnte Satan Nephi täuschen]]9 KB (1,427 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...ough to notice that the Laban in the Book of Mormon is not the same as the Laban in the Old Testament. After all, why should he waste time actually reading21 KB (3,600 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ectacles or spy-glass, and actually mean the Urim and Thummim; for neither Laban or Abraham are charged with worshipping "images," or idols. The Urim and Th67 KB (12,035 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- |L1="that Laban would send his servants after Nephi and his brothers is ridiculous consider15 KB (2,337 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- .... "Steel" is mentioned in the Book of Mormon 5 times. It is mentioned that Laban's sword was made of steel, and a few more references until about 200 years ...many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as steel. A steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C.” <br>4 KB (637 words) - 14:05, 13 April 2024
- More significant, perhaps, in relation to the sword of Laban, archaeologists have discovered a carburized iron sword near Jericho. The s ...ormon.org/blog/2013/06/17/labans-sword-of-most-precious-steel-howlers-5-2 "Laban’s Sword of 'Most Precious Steel' (Howlers #5),"] ''FairMormon Blog'' (173 KB (421 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ry R. Holland: "It is wrong to assume that Nephi in any way wished to take Laban’s life"== It is wrong to assume that Nephi in any way wished to take Laban’s life. He was a young man, and despite a 600 B.C. world full of tensions2 KB (264 words) - 14:26, 13 April 2024
- ...e first method, which requires lower temperatures and less sophistication. Laban's "steel sword" is not anachronistic; Middle Eastern smiths were making ste1 KB (223 words) - 15:36, 13 April 2024
- ...records on it, besides the plates of the Book of Mormon; also the sword of Laban, the Directors (i.e. the ball which Lehi had) and the Interpreters. I saw t2 KB (422 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...e Personage, the Angel, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban." ...e Personage, the Angel, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban. How well and distinctly I remember the manner in which Elder Whitmer arose3 KB (418 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Nephi commit "cold blooded murder" when he killed Laban?== Nephi's action against Laban (found in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/4/5-18#5 1 Nephi 4:5–18]4 KB (606 words) - 15:16, 13 April 2024
- ...preserve Nephi's life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban?== ...lly ''did'' preserve Nephi and his brothers two times from being killed by Laban===1 KB (268 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...of the Law of the Lord," which Strang said he derived from the "Plates of Laban." (He appears to have begun the "translation" at least as early as April 18 One of the witnesses to the "Plates of Laban," Samuel P. Bacon, eventually denied the inspiration of Strang's movement a10 KB (1,718 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ...e corners and along the walls. The first time they went there the sword of Laban hung upon the wall; but when they went again it had been taken down and lai5 KB (800 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024
- The Bible records that Jacob used rods to cause Laban's cattle to produce spotted, and speckled offspring (see {{b||Genesis|30|374 KB (608 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith create the story of Nephi and Laban by plagiarizing concepts and phrases from the story of Judith and Holoferne ===The story of Judith and Holofernes and the story of Nephi and Laban actually have more dissimilarities than parallels===4 KB (656 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- Question: Did no one ever actually see the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?...the personage-the angel-the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban. How well and distinctly I remember the manner in which Elder Whitmer arose5 KB (823 words) - 15:16, 13 April 2024
- ...s and the angel there appeared a table, and there lay upon it the sword of Laban, the Ball of [sic] Directors, the Record, and Interpreters. The angel took9 KB (1,560 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ...records on it, besides the plates of the Book of Mormon; also the sword of Laban, the Directors (i.e. the ball which Lehi had) and the Interpreters. '''I sa5 KB (909 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...of the Lord and I saw the plates and the Urim and Thummim and the sword of Laban, and with these ears," pointing to his ears, "I heard the voice of the ange11 KB (1,922 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...of the Lord and I saw the plates and the Urim and Thummim and the sword of Laban, and with these ears," pointing to his ears, "I heard the voice of the ange14 KB (2,478 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ...records on it, besides the plates of the Book of Mormon; also the sword of Laban, the Directors (i.e. the ball which Lehi had) and the Interpreters. I saw t ...e Personage, the Angel, the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the sword of Laban."36 KB (6,431 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...s and the angel there appeared a table, and there lay upon it the sword of Laban, the Ball of [sic] Directors, the Record, and Interpreters. The angel took11 KB (2,005 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...many cultural and historical anachronisms, such as steel. A steel sword of Laban in 600 B.C.” <br>2 KB (357 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...(1 Nephi 1:4). A curious fact is that all our principal characters (Lehi, Laban, and Ishmael), as descendants of Joseph, are Israelites of the Northern Kin2 KB (371 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...r Nephi's text are the brass plates that he and his brothers obtained from Laban before leaving Jerusalem. Traditionally, the Book of Isaiah has been unders ...n about 100 years before Lehi left Jerusalem, and so available to Nephi on Laban's brass plates.25 KB (4,145 words) - 23:20, 6 May 2024
- ...l?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/was-nephis-slaying-of-laban-legal|number=256}} Nephi's experience in which he is commanded to slay Laban ({{s|1|Nephi|4|1-19}}) closely parallels two other cases in Jewish scriptur13 KB (2,232 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...ornamentation, and relatively rarely for 'prestige' weapons (e.g. sword of Laban) or items (e.g. metal plates for sacred records). It does not appear that The Book of Mormon reports that Laban had a steel sword. Steel weapons are known from this period in the ancient8 KB (1,390 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...what the nature of the Book of the Law was. According to the brass plates Laban and Lehi were descendants of Manasseh. How then did they come to be living1 KB (177 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- Nephi<sup>1</sup> also acquired an Old World steel sword from Laban ({{s|1|Nephi|4|9}}). ===Nephi, writing decades after these events, still considered Laban's steel blade to be "most precious"===6 KB (975 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...pparently an exceptional thing for Nephi or Benjamin to wield the sword of Laban in the defense of their people ({{s||Jacob|1|10}}; {{s||W+of+M|1|13}}). Why4 KB (573 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Could Satan have deceived Nephi into killing Laban?== Regarding the story of Nephi being told by God to slay Laban (found in {{s|1|Nephi|4|5-18}}), the Book of Mormon provides abundant textu4 KB (702 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2024
- ...egal_codes_in_Book_of_Mormon#Justified_homicide:_Nephi_vs._Laban|Nephi and Laban: Legal issues'']].) The brothers hide in a cave, and Laman and Lemuel begi ...ties? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands. And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed. ({{s4 KB (643 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...n: Was Nephi simply listening to "a voice in his head" telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion?== ...ced what God told him earlier, and given him a command to go back and find Laban.3 KB (468 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Since Nephi beheaded Laban, wouldn't there be a large amount of blood afterward?== [[pt:Pergunta: Desde Néfi decapitado Laban, não iria haver uma grande quantidade de sangue depois?]]2 KB (296 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is the story of Nephi killing Laban and then putting on his clothes believable?== ...is absurd, if not impossible. It is said that Nephi could not have killed Laban and made his escape. Those who are familiar with night patrolling in wartim6 KB (999 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024
- ...e Old World carrying with them the plates of brass that they obtained from Laban (1 Nephi 4). These plates contained "the prophecies of the holy prophets, f3 KB (480 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...e items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"24 KB (4,034 words) - 19:07, 8 May 2024
- ...e items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"]] ...e items weren't written until after Nephi supposedly got the plates out of Laban's treasury?"==18 KB (2,958 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ..., to return to Jerusalem with his brothers to obtain the brass plates from Laban. Nephi’s brothers murmured, saying it was a hard thing which had been ask39 KB (6,201 words) - 21:20, 1 May 2024
- ...cil meeting of community leaders from Cedar City and outlying settlements, Laban Morrill lead a faction which heatedly opposed Isaac Haight’s plan. Morril26 KB (4,391 words) - 14:25, 13 April 2024
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- ...eedingly, and to multiply in the land. And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the peo75 KB (13,380 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...ou shall have a view of the plates, and also the breastplate, the sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim, which were given to the brother of Jared upon the mo75 KB (13,445 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...eedingly, and to multiply in the land. And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the peo76 KB (13,652 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...esearch and Mormon Studies, 1990), 347</ref> Mosiah had inherited a sword, Laban's, "a steel weapon that was passed down as one of the insignia of royalty".49 KB (7,946 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ====Nephi and Laban==== {{Main|Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Ethical considerations}}9 KB (1,480 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...Lehi, ‘Lah’man’ and Lemuel), but the Book’s first villain as well (Laban), plus two notable Master Mahan/secret combination protagonists in Joseph S ...tion on the name "Laban" may be found [https://onoma.lib.byu.edu/index.php/LABAN here].39 KB (5,666 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
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- ====Nephi and Laban==== ...sraelites. Yet Nephi received the commandment from the Holy Spirit to slay Laban. How can we assert that someone outside of a particular kind of stewardship39 KB (6,293 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ====What About the Killing of Laban?==== ...l?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/was-nephis-slaying-of-laban-legal|number=256}}20 KB (3,190 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...the sword of Laban. He has published images of the plates and the sword of Laban. In 2019, he published his translation of part of the sealed portion of the7 KB (1,186 words) - 16:35, 26 April 2024
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- ...ban Legal:21 August 2019|L]]||[[Template:KnoWhy:0256:Was Nephis Slaying Of Laban Legal:21 August 2019:Short|S]]51 KB (7,038 words) - 23:01, 16 April 2024
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- ...i>||[[Template:To learn more box:Book of Mormon: Laban|To learn more about Laban in the Book of Mormon ]]|| [[Template:To_learn_more_box:Book_of_Mormon:_Lab36 KB (5,859 words) - 21:56, 11 May 2024