| 1. | | At the command of the Lord, I left Jerusalem with my wife and four sons and fled into the wilderness. One morning when I awoke, I found a brass ball by the door of my tent. This “Liahona” guided us in our travels through the wilderness, across the ocean, and into the promised land. |
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| 2. | | I went back to Jerusalem with my three older brothers to get the brass plates. Although my brothers were afraid, I knew the Lord would provide a way for us to do what He had commanded. |
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| 3. | | When I was fifteen years of age, I was visited by the Lord. I became general of the Nephite army until the people became so wicked that I refused to serve as their leader any longer. I made plates of gold and abridged the large plates of Nephi and passed them on to my son. |
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| 4. | | I became king after my father’s death. My final address to my people was delivered from a high tower so that everyone could hear the words that had been given to me by the Lord. |
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| 5. | | I led two thousand young men to war against the Lamanites. We won the battle and not one of these young men lost his life. |
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| 6. | | My brother and I and our families did not have our language confounded at the Tower of Babel. We were told to prepare barges for the crossing of the ocean. I saw the finger of the Lord touch stones to provide light for our journey, and then Jesus Christ appeared and taught me many important truths. |
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| 7. | | I received the records of my people from my father, made the final entry on the plates and then buried them in the Hill Cumorah. On September 22, 1827, I delivered these plates to Joseph Smith. |
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| 8. | | I stood on a wall and told the people about the signs of Christ’s birth and death. The wicked Nephites would not believe a Lamanite prophet, and they tried to kill me. |
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| 9. | | My father did the work of the Lord, but my friends and I were unbelievers. We persecuted members of the Church until one day an angel appeared to us. Afterward we served as missionaries and taught many people the gospel. |
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| 10. | | I led a party of men from Zarahemla to the land of Lehi-Nephi. I was taken before King Limhi, the leader of the people, and he showed me twenty-four gold plates. I could not read them, and so I took them to King Mosiah, who translated the records. |
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