Mosiah 11:19 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and this because of the wickedness of their king and [priest > priests 1|priests ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST]

Oliver Cowdery initially wrote the singular priest here in 𝓟, but of course king Noah had many priests (Mosiah 11:4–5). Almost immediately Oliver inserted the plural s inline; there is no change in the level of ink flow.

Summary: Maintain in Mosiah 11:19 the plural priests (the corrected reading in 𝓟); the plural usage agrees with every other reference to the priests of king Noah.

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

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