2 Nephi 16:7 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and he laid [ 1|it ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] upon my mouth

Isaiah 6:7 (King James Bible) and he laid it upon my mouth

As discussed under 2 Nephi 15:29, the King James italicized it was intentionally omitted in the original text for 2 Nephi 16:7 but was supplied by the 1830 typesetter, probably by reference to his King James Bible. The critical text will omit the it.

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

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