“The term Gentiles has a variety of meanings, each occurrence depending on the context. For instance, in the Old Testament Israel represented God’s covenant people and Gentiles represented the unbelieving neighbors outside the covenant … .
“ Gentiles in the Book of Mormon may refer to those who belong to another branch of the house of Israel, distant in time and place from the ancient peoples of the Book of Mormon; to those who come (even Israelites) from Gentile nations; or, to all those who live without the gospel” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 2:182).