Ether 12:20 Textual Variants

Here the 1874 RLDS edition replaced his with the, perhaps accidentally, although a possible motivation for such a change would be the following relative clause: the his is somewhat redundant when followed by “which he had spoken unto him”. Nonetheless, the text has several examples of this same kind of redundancy:

• 1 Nephi 18:11 unto the fulfilling of his word which he hath spoken concerning the wicked
• 1 Nephi 20:14 yea and he will fulfill his word which he hath declared by them
• Alma 12:9 only according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men

Nor did the 1874 RLDS edition change any of these other examples, which argues that the change in Ether 12:20 was accidental. The 1908 RLDS edition restored the correct his here in Ether 12:20.