The Life of Nephi, the Son of Lehi Who Emigrated from Jerusalem, in Judea, to the Land Which Is Now Known as South America, about Six Centuries Before the Coming of Our Savior

CHAPTER VI.

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Return into Wilderness--Joy of Lehi and Sariah--Lehi a Visionary Man--Sariah's Grief and Murmuring--Her Subsequent Testimony--Sacrifice and Burnt Offerings--The Brass Plates--Their Contents--Lehi a Descendant of Joseph--Value of These Records to his Descendants--Another Colony of Jews--Lost Knowledge of Hebrew Language and of God--Nephi a Great Benefactor--He and Brothers Again Required to Visit Jerusalem--Ishmael and Family--Laman and Lemuel Stir up Mutiny--Want to Return to Jerusalem--Bind Nephi--Intend to Leave him to Perish--Nephi's Prayer--His Bands Burst--The Others Plead for him--Revulsion of Feeling on Part of his Brothers--Beg his Forgiveness--Rejoin Lehi and Sariah--Thanksgiving and Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings