Graphic Novel · Scene 5 of 6

Nephi pauses thoughtfully beside a blank sheet.
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The Book of Mormon

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    1 Nephi 9:5

    A wise purpose not yet known

    Two Records and a Wise Purpose · 1 Nephi 9

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    5Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.

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