Alma 26:31 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and we can witness of their sincerity because of their love towards their brethren and [also 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] towards us

Although 𝓞 is not extant here, there is clearly room in a rather small lacuna in 𝓞 for the adverb also. The 1874 RLDS edition accidentally omitted the also here; the 1908 RLDS edition restored it. A similar example of this usage is found in Alma 27:27: “and they were also distinguished for their zeal towards God and also towards men”.

Summary: Retain in Alma 26:31 the occurrence of also in the conjoined structure “towards their brethren and also towards us”.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 4

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