“For Three Years People of Nephi Have Continual Peace in All the Land”

Brant Gardner

Some suggestion about the frequency of Mesoamerican warfare is that three years can be considered a “continual peace in all the land.”

Variant: The printer’s manuscript and the 1830 edition begin verse 12 with: “And it came to pass that. . .”

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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