Jacob 7:24 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
for they delighted in wars and [bloodsheds 1ABCDEG|bloodsheds > bloodshed F|bloodshed HIJKLMNOPQRST]

The second printing of the 1852 LDS edition introduced the singular bloodshed as a correction in the stereotyped plates. Except for the 1858 Wright edition (which derives from the 1840 Cincinnati/ Nauvoo edition), all subsequent editions of the Book of Mormon have had the singular bloodshed. As discussed under 2 Nephi 10:6, in each case we let the earliest textual sources determine the number for bloodshed(s). Thus here in Jacob 7:24, the critical text will maintain the plural bloodsheds.

Summary: Restore in Jacob 7:24 the original plural bloodsheds.

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

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