Ether 3:25 Textual Variants

the Lord shewed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been and also [all 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] that would be

The 1874 RLDS edition accidentally omitted the word all here in Ether 3:25; the resulting reading “and also that would be” sounds rather awkward. The 1892 RLDS edition nonetheless followed the 1874 reading, but the 1908 RLDS edition restored the correct all (apparently by reference to 𝓟). Earlier in the text we get a similar example of the usage here in Ether 3:25:

Mosiah 2:34–35
- ye … also have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies which hath been spoken by the holy prophets even down to the time our father Lehi left Jerusalem and also all that hath been spoken by our fathers until now

The critical text will retain the original reading in Ether 3:25 with the all.

Summary: Maintain in Ether 3:25 the all before the relative clause “that would be” (the reading of the earliest text).

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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