2 Nephi 30:2 Textual Variants

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for the Lord [covenanteth 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRST|covenanted N] with none save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son

The 1906 LDS edition accidentally replaced the present-tense covenanteth with the past-tense covenanted. Since this edition never served as a copy-text for any subsequent LDS edition, this typo has never continued in the text. God’s willingness to covenant with mankind holds throughout time; thus the use of present tense is appropriate here.

Summary: Maintain the present-tense covenanteth in 2 Nephi 30:2.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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