“A Choice Seer”

Brant Gardner

Lehi now testifies of the means by which this bringing from darkness to light would occur. The instrument will be a seer raised up by God. The following verses begin to define that seer, culminating in verse 15 that names that seer Joseph, the son of a Joseph. Quite clearly this is Lehi's prophecy of the role of Joseph Smith Jr. as the translator of the Book of Mormon.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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