“The Lord Straitened Them”
Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
To “straiten” is to make narrow. The Lord, by the “rod of [his] mouth” (D&C 19:15), straitens Israel in order that they might walk in that path which is straight and narrow.
Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1
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Moses’ staff—look and live