Alma 50:8 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and the land of Nephi did run in a [straight 0ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST|strait 1] course from the east sea to the west

The correct reading here in Alma 50:8 is “in a straight course”, not “in a strait course”. The manuscript spellings (as well as the 1830 spellings) for straight /strait provide no clues as to the correct reading; instead, we must rely on the context in each case. For a complete analysis of the phrase “straight course”, see under 1 Nephi 8:20.

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

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