“The Judgment–seat”

Brant Gardner

Mormon records Pahoran’s succession to the judgment seat, which apparently came to him by lineage. “The voice of the people” was not a democratic institution, but apparently a more supportive or confirmatory one. (See “Excursus: The Voice of the People,” following Mosiah 29.)

Text: A chapter ends here in the 1830 edition. Mormon has used this chapter as a transition between the previous chapter, which described the Nephites in a period of righteousness, and the following chapter, which shows widespread rebellion and dissent. This dissent began with Morianton’s rebellion, recorded in this transitional chapter.

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

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