| Lehi | |
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A Hebrew prophet who fled Jerusalem before its destruction, circa 600 BC, leading his followers to a promised land in the Western Hemisphere. The numbers below refer to books, chapters, and verses in the Book of Mormon that quote or refer to Lehi: |
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1
Nephi
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| prays to the Lord on behalf of his people; | |
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sees visions; |
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| writes many things he has seen in visions and dreams; | |
| prophesies among the Jews and is rejected; | |
| flees Jerusalem with his family; | |
| admonishes his older sons, Laman and Lemuel; | |
| dwells in a tent; | |
| sends his sons back to Jerusalem to get the brass plates from Laban; | |
| comforts his wife, Sariah; | |
| reads the brass plates; | |
| is a descendant of Joseph, who was sold by his brothers into Egypt; | |
| prophesies concerning his seed and the brass plates; | |
| sends his sons back to Jerusalem to bring Ishmael and his family into the wilderness; | |
| explains his dream of the tree of life; | |
| prophesies of the Babylonian captivity of Jerusalem, the coming of Christ, and the future of the Jews; | |
| voice of the Lord commands Lehi to take his journey into the wilderness; | |
| finds the Liahona; | |
| begins to murmur against the Lord because of his afflictions; | |
| asks the Lord where Nephi should hunt for food; | |
| is chastened because of his murmuring against the Lord; | |
| fathers two sons in the wilderness: Jacob and Joseph; | |
| sails with his family to the promised land; | |
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2
Nephi
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1:13
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speaks to his family concerning the great things the Lord has done for them; |
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1:4
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sees in a vision that Jerusalem has been destroyed; |
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1:612
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prophesies concerning the promised land; |
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1:1323
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admonishes his sons to keep the commandments; |
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1:2429
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admonishes his sons to hearken to Nephi; |
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2:130
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his teachings to his son, Jacob, concerning Christ, opposition, the Fall, and redemption; |
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3:14,
25
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blesses his son, Joseph; |
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4:311
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blesses his grandchildren; |
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4:12 |
dies |