2 Nephi 13:7 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
I will not be a [healer 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRT|ruler S] for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing make me not a ruler of the people

Isaiah 3:7 (King James Bible) I will not be an healer for in my house is neither bread nor clothing make me not a ruler of the people

The 1953 RLDS edition replaced healer with ruler, a typo based on the occurrence of ruler later on in the verse (“a ruler of the people”). The original healer agrees with the King James reading.

Summary: Maintain in 2 Nephi 13:7 the word healer rather than ruler, which was accidentally introduced into the RLDS text, probably in anticipation of its legitimate occurrence later on in the verse.

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

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