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Source:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon:Ch:19:11:Kingship elements in Book of Mormon and Bible
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Biblical kingship elements compared to those in the Book of Mormon[1]
Elements | Exodus 19:3b–8 | Exodus 20–24 | Deuteronomy | Joshua 24 | Mosiah 1–6 |
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Preamble | Exodus 19:3 | Exodus 20:1 | Deuteronomy 1:1-5 | Joshua 24:1–2 | Mosiah 1:1–2:9 |
Review of God's Relations with Israel | Exodus 19:4 | Exodus 20:2 | Deuteronomy 1:6 3:29 | Joshua 24:2–13,16-18 | Mosiah 2:9–21,23–24,25–30 |
Terms of the Covenant | Exodus 19:5–6 | Exodus 20:3–23 | Deuteronomy 4:–26: | Joshua 24:14,18,23 | Mosiah 2:22,24,31–41; |
Formal Witness | Exodus 19:8 | Exodus 24:3 | — | Joshua 24:16,19,21–23 | Mosiah 5:2–8 |
Blessings and Curses | — | Exodus 23:20-33 | Deuteronomy 27:9–28:68 | Joshua 24:19–20 | Mosiah 5:9–15 (3:24–27) |
Reciting and Depositing of the Covenant | Exodus 19:7 | Exodus 24:4–8 | Deuteronomy 27:1–8; 31:9,24–26 | Joshua 24:25–27 | (Mosiah 2:8-9) Mosiah 6:1–3,6 |
Notes
- ↑ Stephen D. Ricks, "King, Coronation, and Covenant in Mosiah 1–6," in Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Co.; Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991), Table 1, Chapter 19.