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made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.
1 Nephi 2:23 23 For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse them
even with a sore curse, and they shall have no power over thy seed except they shall rebel
against me also.
1 Nephi 2:24 24 And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall be a scourge unto
thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.
1 Nephi 3








Chapter 3
1 Nephi 3:1 1 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with the Lord, to
the tent of my father.
1 Nephi 3:2 2 And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: Behold I have dreamed
a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall
return to Jerusalem.
1 Nephi 3:3 3 For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a genealogy of my
forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass.
1 Nephi 3:4 4 Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers should
go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the
wilderness.

1 Nephi 3:5 5 And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I
have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment
of the Lord.
1 Nephi 3:6 6 Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because thou
hast not murmured.
1 Nephi 3:7 7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the
things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no
commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they
may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
1 Nephi 3:8 8 And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words he was
exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of the Lord.
1 Nephi 3:9 9 And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the wilderness, with our
tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem.
1 Nephi 3:10 10 And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the land of Jerusalem, I
and my brethren did consult one with another.
1 Nephi 3:11 11 And we cast lots--who of us should go in unto the house of Laban. And
it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman; and Laman went in unto the house of Laban,
and he talked with him as he sat in his house.
1 Nephi 3:12 12 And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the
plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father.
1 Nephi 3:13 13 And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and thrust him out
from his presence; and he would not that he should have the records. Wherefore, he said
unto him: Behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee.
1 Nephi 3:14 14 But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had
done, unto us. And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful, and my brethren were about to
return unto my father in the wilderness.
1 Nephi 3:15 15 But behold I said unto them that: As the Lord liveth, and as we live, we
will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing
which the Lord hath commanded us.
1 Nephi 3:16 16 Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
therefore let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance, for behold he left gold and
silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments
of the Lord.
1 Nephi 3:17 17 For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because of the
wickedness of the people.

1 Nephi 3:18 18 For behold, they have rejected the words of the prophets. Wherefore, if
my father should dwell in the land after he hath been commanded to flee out of the land,
behold, he would also perish. Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.
1 Nephi 3:19 19 And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,
that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;
1 Nephi 3:20 20 And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been
spoken by the