The Handwritten Book of Mormon Project

In an effort to engage the BYU-Idaho community in our exhibit, we have set up opportunities for students to write the text of the Book of Mormon, just like Oliver Cowdery and Emma Smith did for Joseph years ago. Students selected a language then wrote out a verse in that language. 

1 Nephi 1:1

  • 1Nephi 5:5

    5 But behold, I have obtained a bland of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.

  • 1Nephi 5:4

    4 And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying: I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.

  • 1Nephi 5:3

    3 And after this manner of language had my mother complained against my father.

  • 1Nephi 5:2

    2 For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness; and she also had complained against my father, telling him that he was a visionary man; saying: Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance, and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.

  • 1Nephi 5:1

    1 And it came to pass that after we had come down into the wilderness unto our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she truly had mourned because of us.

  • 1Nephi 4:38

    38 And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of our father.

  • 1Nephi 4:36

    36 Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for this cause, that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the wilderness, lest they should pursue us and destroy us.

  • 1Nephi 4:35

    35 And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the words which I spake. Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father. Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from that time forth.

  • 1Nephi 4:33

    33 And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need not fear; that he should be a free man like unto us if he would go down in the wilderness with us.

  • 1Nephi 4:31

    31 And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and also having received much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.

  • 1Nephi 4:30

    30 And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me and return to the city of Jerusalem.

  • 1Nephi 4:29

    29 And it came to pass that I called after them, and they did hear me; wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.
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