nevertheless there were some among them which thought to question them that by their cunning devices they might catch them in their words that they might find witness against them that they might
deliver them to [the 1ABCGHKPS|their DEFIJLMNOQRT] judges
The 1841 edition introduced their judges in place of the original the judges, perhaps prompted by the preceding use of their in the phrase “by their cunning devices”.
The use of the definite article the is consistent with other examples involving delivering someone into judicial custody:
- Mosiah 26:7
- and it came to pass that they were brought before the priests and delivered up unto the priests by the teachers
- Alma 14:17
- and he smote them again and delivered them to the officers to be cast into prison
- Alma 30:29
- but they caused that he should be bound and they delivered him up into the hands of the officers
Summary: Restore in Alma 10:13 the use of the definite article in the judges in Alma 10:13; the is typically used to refer to judicial officers in the
Book of Mormon.
