Mormon had four specific statements of what he wanted his remote audience to know, and he expressed those points tersely and clearly, each preceded by the phrase “Know ye that”:
- Know ye that ye are of the house of Israel.
- Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved.
- Know ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war, and delight no more in the shedding of blood, and take them not again, save it be that God shall command you.
- Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities.