Alma 34:13 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
yea it shall [all be 1ABCDEFGHKPS|be all IJLMNOQRT] fulfilled

As noted under Mosiah 25:20, all be is the normal order in the Book of Mormon (with seven occurrences); there is only one instance of be all in the earliest text (namely, in Mosiah 25:20). Here in Alma 34:13, the 1879 LDS edition accidentally switched the order to be all, and that order has been retained in the LDS text. There are three other instances in the text of “all be fulfilled” (see the list under Mosiah 25:20). The critical text will restore the original order here in Alma 34:13.

Summary: Restore the original order all be in Alma 34:13: “it shall all be fulfilled”.

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

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