Mosiah 29:13 Textual Variants

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therefore if it were possible that [ye 1ABCDEGHKPS|you FIJLMNOQRT] could have just men to be your kings …

The 1852 LDS edition accidentally replaced the archaic subject pronoun ye with the standard English you (in earlier English, you occurred only as the object pronoun form). The Book of Mormon text normally has ye in subject position, as here in Mosiah 29:13 originally. Under 2 Nephi 7:1, I noted that the earliest textual sources will in each case determine whether the subject pronoun form should be ye or you. For complete discussion, see under YE in volume 3.

Summary: Restore in Mosiah 29:13 the original subject pronoun ye in “ye could have just men to be your kings”.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 3

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