The Collected Works. Joseph Smith Jr.

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       kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of

       which I have spoken.

      1 Nephi 15:36

       36 Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, and

       also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and

       most desirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is the

       greatest of all the gifts of God. And thus I spake unto my

       brethren. Amen.

      1 Nephi 16 Chapter 16

      1 Nephi 16:1

       1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end

       of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast

       declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

      1 Nephi 16:2

       2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I

       had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the

       truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that

       they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty

       taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very

       center.

      1 Nephi 16:3

       3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to

       hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk

       uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the

       truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

      1 Nephi 16:4

       4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren,

       with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

      1 Nephi 16:5

       5 And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the

       Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they

       would walk in the paths of righteousness.

      1 Nephi 16:6

       6 Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in

       a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

      1 Nephi 16:7

       7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters

       of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters

       of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of

       Ishmael to wife.

      1 Nephi 16:8

       8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the

       Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been

       blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

      1 Nephi 16:9

       9 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto my

       father by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should

       take his journey into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:10

       10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning,

       and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he

       beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and

       it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and

       the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:11

       11 And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoever

       things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder

       of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we did

       take seed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:12

       12 And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart

       into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

      1 Nephi 16:13

       13 And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of four

       days, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our

       tents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer.

      1 Nephi 16:14

       14 And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows,

       and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families;

       and after we had slain food for our families we did return again

       to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And

       we did go forth again in the wilderness, following the same

       direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness,

       which were in the borders near the Red Sea.

      1 Nephi 16:15

       15 And it came to pass that we did travel for the space of many

       days, slaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows and

       our stones and our slings.

      1 Nephi 16:16

       16 And we did follow the directions of the ball, which led us in

       the more fertile parts of the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:17

       17 And after we had traveled for the space of many days, we did

       pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again rest

       ourselves and obtain food for our families.

      1 Nephi 16:18

       18 And it came to pass that СКАЧАТЬ