Mosiah 15:11 Textual Variants

In this passage we see that in conjoined predicates the inflected form may vary. At the beginning of the passage we have hath but later in the passage have. As noted elsewhere, hath frequently occurred in the original text with plural subjects. Joseph Smith edited this instance of hath to have, but the critical text will restore the original hath. As another example of such mixtures in usage, consider the following example where the earliest text conjoins has, hath, and have:

• Alma 24:30
  • and thus we can plainly discern that after a people [has >js have 1|has A|have BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] been once enlightened by the Spirit of God and [hath >js have 1|hath A|have BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] had great knowledge of things pertaining to righteousness and then have fallen away into sin and transgression they become more hardened

For a general discussion, see under infl al endings in volume 3.