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1 Nephi 3:7
KnoWhy #263
January 18, 2017
Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way?
“New Star” via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 3:9
KnoWhy #495
December 20, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Talk about a “Land of Jerusalem”?
Brother Joseph by David Lindsley
1 Nephi 3:19
KnoWhy #334
July 3, 2017
How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829?
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836 via Wikipedia
1 Nephi 3:29
KnoWhy #426
April 19, 2018
Why Don't We Know the Names of the Angels in the Book of Mormon?
Walls of Jerusalem
1 Nephi 4:4
KnoWhy #7
January 8, 2016
Did Jerusalem Have Walls Around It?
Vered Jericho Sword of Ancient Israel 600bc Steel by Shad Brooks
1 Nephi 4:9
KnoWhy #401
January 23, 2018
What Was the Sword of Laban Like?
Lehi's Sons Offering Riches to Laban by Jerry Thompson
1 Nephi 4:18
KnoWhy #256
January 2, 2017
Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?
Still Image from “Son of God”
1 Nephi 4:22
KnoWhy #464
September 4, 2018
Who Were the “Elders of the Jews” Mentioned by Zoram?
Image by Stephen Orsillo via Adobe Stock
1 Nephi 4:34
KnoWhy #428
April 27, 2018
How is the Use of Deuteronomy in the Book of Mormon Evidence for its Authenticity?
Sariah
1 Nephi 5:1
KnoWhy #8
January 11, 2016
Were Any Ancient Israelite Women Named Sariah?
Image via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 5:4
KnoWhy #457
August 9, 2018
What Did It Mean for Lehi to be a Visionary Man?
Meeting of Jacob and Joseph by William Hole
1 Nephi 5:10
KnoWhy #410
February 22, 2018
What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass?
Brigham Young via lds.org
1 Nephi 5:18
KnoWhy #354
August 18, 2017
How Did Brigham Young Help Take the Book of Mormon to the World?
Image by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
1 Nephi 6:5–6
KnoWhy #262
January 16, 2017
Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received?
“Jeremiah in Prison” by Robert T. Barrett
1 Nephi 7:14
KnoWhy #463
August 30, 2018
How Could Nephi Have Known about Jeremiah’s Imprisonment?
Lehi Offers Sacrifice in the Wilderness
1 Nephi 7:22
KnoWhy #9
January 12, 2016
How Could Lehi Offer Sacrifices Outside of Jerusalem?
“Lehi and family offer burnt sacrifice” via Gospel Media Library
1 Nephi 7:22
KnoWhy #545
January 9, 2020
What Sacrifices did Lehi Offer to God in the Wilderness?
"Tree of Life and Rod of Iron" by Jerry Thompson via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 8:4
KnoWhy #474
October 9, 2018
Why Are There So Many Similarities between the Dreams of Lehi and Joseph Smith, Sr.?
Still from “Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life” via Gospel Media Library
1 Nephi 8:7
KnoWhy #544
January 3, 2020
Why Did Lehi and Jeremiah Find Themselves in a Dark and Dreary Wilderness?
Book of Mormon Central composition of The Tree of Life by Krista Maureen Jones and El sueño by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 8:8
KnoWhy #325
June 12, 2017
Why Did Lehi Quote from a Psalm of Repentance In His Dream?
Jesus Mourning via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 8:8
KnoWhy #438
May 31, 2018
Why Do Biblical Psalms of Lament Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Zosimus stands on the shore of the ocean next to one of the trees in his vision. This image was generated using Midjourney.
1 Nephi 8:10–11
KnoWhy #710
January 16, 2024
Why Are Lehi’s and Nephi’s Visions and Histories Similar to the History of the Rechabites?
The Tree of Life bearing white fruit
1 Nephi 8:11
KnoWhy #10
January 13, 2016
What Fruit is White?
Photo by Andrey Grinkevich on Unsplash
1 Nephi 8:13–14
KnoWhy #402
January 25, 2018
Why We Still Have to Cling to the Iron Rod Even Though the Path is Strait
Photo by Stephen Leonardi on Unsplash
1 Nephi 8:20
KnoWhy #456
August 7, 2018
Is the Path to Eternal Life “Strait” or “Straight"?
Nephi Subduing his Brothers by Arnold Friberg
1 Nephi 9:4
KnoWhy #11
January 14, 2016
Why Did Nephi Write His Small Plates?
Still Image from Joseph Smith: Plates of Gold
1 Nephi 9:5
KnoWhy #452
July 24, 2018
What Was on the Lost 116 Pages?
The Granite Mountain Records Vault via lds.org
1 Nephi 9:5
KnoWhy #345
July 28, 2017
Why Is It Important to Keep Records?
Image of Christ via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 10:4
KnoWhy #448
July 10, 2018
Why Did Nephi Clarify That the Messiah Was the Savior of the World?
Lehi Announces Departure by Owen Richardson
1 Nephi 10:4
KnoWhy #475
October 11, 2018
When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem?
“The Olive Grove” by Nancy Andruk Olson
1 Nephi 10:12
KnoWhy #466
September 11, 2018
Was Lehi Familiar with Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree?
Servant and El by Jody Livingston
1 Nephi 10:17
KnoWhy #12
January 15, 2016
Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ?