Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Mosiah 1





I could be wrong, but it appears to me that the brass plates might have been written in Egyptian instead of in Hebrew.  Nephi was taught to read Egyptian and so was his brother, Jacob, who taught it to his son, Enos.  Everyone who received the plates must have been taught to read at least some form of Egyptian.  King Benjamin had been taught “all the language of his fathers” which obviously included some form of Egyptian.  He not only taught it to his son, Mosiah, to whom he would eventually deliver the plates, but also to two other sons.  Knowledge of Egyptian must have been part of what constituted a learned person in their culture.  Those who could read it could read, not only the brass plates the Nephites brought with them, but also the record the Nephites were keeping.  As knowledge is power, how grateful we should be that we live in a time when the Holy Scriptures are available commonly and in so many languages!

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