“A Round Ball of Curious Workmanship”

Monte S. Nyman

Having kept all the commandments, the Lord gave them some help to travel in the wilderness. The “round ball of curious workmanship” (v. 10) was a divine instrument to receive “revelation adapted to the circumstances” they would meet in the wilderness (TPJS, 256). More will be said about this instrument under 1 Nephi 16:28–29.

Book of Mormon Commentary: I Nephi Wrote This Record

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