Graphic Novel · Scene 10 of 38

Nephi recoils from bloodshed beside still-living Laban.
Artwork is an interpretation of the Book of Mormon. Text is quoted from the archived English witness, not the People’s Open Bible. Literary narrative portrayal; visual details are interpretive, not archaeological evidence.

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Artwork is an interpretation of the Book of Mormon. Text is quoted from the archived English witness, not the People’s Open Bible.

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    1 Nephi 4:10

    Shrinking from bloodshed

    The Records and Zoram’s Oath · 1 Nephi 4

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    10And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

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