Jacob 7:2 Textual Variants

and it came to pass that he began to preach among the people and [to 01ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRST| K] declare unto them that there should be no Christ

In the Book of Mormon the infinitival to is typically repeated for conjuncts, as here in Jacob 7:2 and in the following instances where “to preach” is conjoined with other infinitive verb forms:

Mosiah 18:18 to preach unto them and to teach them
Alma 8:32 to preach and to prophesy unto the people
Alma 23:4 to preach and to teach the word of God among them
Alma 24:7 to preach unto us and to convince us
Helaman 16:7 to preach and to prophesy among his own people

The 1892 RLDS edition accidentally omitted the repeated to here in Jacob 7:2, but the 1908 RLDS edition restored it to the RLDS text.

Summary: Maintain the repeated infinitival to wherever it is supported by the earliest textual sources.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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