“In the Defence of His Property and His Own Life and of His Wives and Children”

W. Cleon Skousen

Now about this time a curse came upon the land which is referred to by Ether as follows:

This curse of tools and weapons becoming slippery and disappearing created a sense of total insecurity in the land. Men did not dare to let their swords leave their hands lest they disappear or somehow slip away.

Treasures from the Book of Mormon

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