We read about the history of the Jaredite nation in Ether 10Although the record is scant, it provides insight into their high state of civilization. Moroni told us the following things about the Jaredites:- They “were exceedingly industrious, and they did buy and sell and traffic one with another, that they might get gain” (v. 22).
- They “did work in all manner of ore, and they did make gold, and silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals. . . . And they did work all manner of fine work” (v. 23).
- They had “silks, and fine-twined linen; and they did work all manner of cloth” (v. 24).
- They “did make all manner of tools to till the earth, both to plow and to sow, to reap and to hoe, and also to thrash” (v. 25).
- They “did make all manner of tools with which they did work their beasts” (v. 26).
- They “did make all manner of weapons of war. And they did work all manner of work of exceedingly curious workmanship” (v. 27).
Moroni concluded by telling us, “And never could be a people more blessed than were they” (v. 28).
