Helaman 15:7 Textual Variants

that as many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the truth and to know [of 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers and are led to believe the holy scriptures …

As explained under Alma 17:16, there has been a tendency in the history of the text to omit of from the verb phrase “to know of something”. Here in Helaman 15:7, the 1874 RLDS edition omitted the of, but it was restored to the RLDS text in the 1908 RLDS edition. The use of of is expected here and is supported by usage in an earlier passage that also refers to the conversion of the Lamanites:

Alma 9:17
- and at some period of time they will be brought to believe in his word and to know of the incorrectness of the traditions of their fathers

The critical text will maintain the preposition of here in Helaman 15:7.

Summary: Maintain in Helaman 15:7 the preposition of in “to know of the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers”, the reading of both 𝓟 and the 1830 edition.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 5

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