Mosiah 2:41 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
I would desire that ye should consider on the [blest > blessed 1|blessed ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God

As discussed under 1 Nephi 14:2, the critical text will use the standard spelling blessed rather than blest (Oliver Cowdery’s initial spelling in 𝓟 for the word here in Mosiah 2:41). The word may have been pronounced as either /blest/ or /blesßd/.

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

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