2 Nephi 27:12 Textual Variants

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the book shall be hid from the eyes of the world that the eyes of none shall behold [it 1ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPQRST|NULL > it F] save it be that three witnesses shall behold it

The 1852 LDS edition accidentally dropped the pronoun it in this verse, but the it was restored in the second printing, perhaps by reference to the 1840 edition. The following that-clause shows that the it is expected: “three witnesses shall behold it”.

Summary: Maintain the pronoun it for both occurrences of “shall behold it” in 2 Nephi 27:12.

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

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