The Collected Works. Joseph Smith Jr.

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СКАЧАТЬ angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go

       up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to

       destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

      1 Nephi 4:4

       4 Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth, and

       did still continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up

       until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

      1 Nephi 4:5

       5 And it was by night; and I caused that they should hide

       themselves without the walls. And after they had hid themselves,

       I, Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of

       Laban.

      1 Nephi 4:6

       6 And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things

       which I should do.

      1 Nephi 4:7

       7 Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house

       of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before

       me, for he was drunken with wine.

      1 Nephi 4:8

       8 And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.

      1 Nephi 4:9

       9 And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath

       thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the

       workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the

       blade thereof was of the most precious steel.

      1 Nephi 4:10

       10 And 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.

      1 Nephi 4:11

       11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath

       delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had

       sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken

       unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our

       property.

      1 Nephi 4:12

       12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay

       him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

      1 Nephi 4:13

       13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his

       righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than

       that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

      1 Nephi 4:14

       14 And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I remembered

       the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the wilderness,

       saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my commandments,

       they shall prosper in the land of promise.

      1 Nephi 4:15

       15 Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the

       commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they

       should have the law.

      1 Nephi 4:16

       16 And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of

       brass.

      1 Nephi 4:17

       17 And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my

       hands for this cause—that I might obtain the records according

       to his commandments.

      1 Nephi 4:18

       18 Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took Laban

       by the hair of the head, and I smote off his head with his own

       sword.

      1 Nephi 4:19

       19 And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword, I

       took the garments of Laban and put them upon mine own body; yea,

       even every whit; and I did gird on his armor about my loins.

      1 Nephi 4:20

       20 And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of

       Laban. And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,

       behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the

       treasury. And I commanded him in the voice of Laban, that he

       should go with me into the treasury.

      1 Nephi 4:21

       21 And he supposed me to be his master, Laban, for he beheld the

       garments and also the sword girded about my loins.

      1 Nephi 4:22

       22 And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews, he

       knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.

      1 Nephi 4:23

       23 And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.

      1 Nephi 4:24

       24 And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,

       which were upon the plates of brass, to my elder brethren, who

       were without the walls.

      1 Nephi 4:25

       25 And I also bade him that he should follow me.

      1 Nephi 4:26

       26 And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church,

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