“Have Place”

Alan C. Miner

According to Hugh Nibley, along with the ritual embrace (see the commentary on Alma 5:33), we have the ceremonial formula "have place" (Alma 5:25) which means "a place on my right hand"--"Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father" (Enos 1:17). We are quoting Enos, Alma, Moses, etc. "There is a place prepared for you." Thus Nephi promises Zoram: "therefore, if thou wilt go down into the wilderness to my father thou shalt have place with us" (1 Nephi 4:34). [Hugh W. Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2, p. 274] [See the commentary on 1 Nephi 4:34]

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