“They Had All Fallen by the Sword Save It Were Fifty and Two and Sixty and Nine”

Brant Gardner

Here we have numbers that do appear to be counts. It is quite possible that Ether was able to approach somewhat near each camp. After the multiple days of fighting, each encampment would be resting for the next day’s fight. Ether could therefore be at least close enough to count, and then retreat to safety. We may assume that the count was taken at night, again for safety reasons.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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