How did the Prophet Joseph Smith clarify the identity of the “House of Jacob [who] come forth out of the waters of Judah”?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The phrase ‘out of the waters of Judah’ refers to those of Judah who are baptized into the Church. The Prophet Joseph Smith added the phrase ‘or out of the waters of baptism’ to the text in the third edition of the Book of Mormon (1840). This clarifies the meaning of the term ‘waters of Judah’” (Nyman, Great Are the Words of Isaiah, 170).

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