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Nephi 17:32-35,40,41 = Deuteronomy 9:1-7 Parallel
The text in both columns flows sequentially. At verse 35 in the left-hand column, the text skips to verse 40.
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Nephi's Account of the |
Moses' Prophecy of the |
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| A | v32 And after they had crossed the river Jordan | v1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, |
| B | he did make them mighty | to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, |
| (cont.) | v2 A people great
and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou
hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
v3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: |
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| C | unto the driving out of the children of the land, | so shalt thou drive them out, |
| D | yea, unto the scattering them to destruction. | and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. |
| E | v33 And now, do ye suppose | v4 Speak not thou in thine heart, |
| F | that the children of this land, who were in the land of promise, who were driven out by our fathers, | after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, |
| G | do ye suppose that they were righteous? | saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: |
| H | Behold, I say unto you, Nay. | but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. |
| I | v34 Do ye suppose that our
fathers would have been more choice than they if they had been righteous?
I say unto you, Nay. v35 Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that is righteous is favored of God. |
v5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: [See Deut. 10:17 "For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward."] |
| J | But behold, this people had rejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; and the fulness of the wrath of God was upon them; | but for the wickedness of these nations |
| K | and the Lord did curse the land against them, | the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, |
| L | and bless it 1unto
our fathers....
v40 And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved 1our fathers, and 2he covenanted with them, yea, even 3Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and 4he remembered 2the covenants 5which he had made; |
and that 4he may perform 2the word 5which the Lord sware 1unto thy fathers, 3Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
| M | wherefore, | v6 Understand therefore, |
| N | he | that the Lord thy God |
| O | did bring them out of the land of Egypt. | giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. |
| P | v41 And he did straiten them | v7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath |
| Q | in the wilderness | in the wilderness: |
| R | with his rod; | from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, |
| S | for they | ye |
| T | hardened their hearts EVEN AS YE HAVE; | have been rebellious |
| U | and the Lord straitened them because of their iniquity. | against the Lord. |
The phrase omitted (for emphasis) from verse 35 in element L, where the text skips forward to verse 40, is "yea, he did curse it against them unto their destruction, and he did bless it unto our fathers unto their obtaining power over it."
by Sterling D. Allan; April 26, 1995
See Also
 | Return to The Vision of All narative: "Establishment of a Covenant Land and People: Admonitions at the Brink of the Promised Land." |
| I Nephi 17 chiasm Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| I Nephi 17:30-42 chiasm ("they did harden their hearts") Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| I Nephi 17:2-22,50 = 23-31,41,42 parallel (Nephi's comparison of Lehites and Israelites) Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| I Nephi 17:40-44 = 44-47 parallel (Nephi's comparison of Israelite Stiffneckedness and his Brother's Rebellions) Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| I Nephi 17:13,14 = Exodus 6:6-8 parallel ("I will be your light in the wilderness") Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| "763 = Jeremiah 18; and 1 Nephi 17" (word and number study -- compressed version) |
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