“The Lamanites Were Wronged While in the Land of Their First Inheritance”

Alan C. Miner

According to the Lamanite traditions listed in Mosiah 10:12-13, the Lamanites believed that they were wronged by their brethren (1) "in the wilderness" after being "driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers," (2) "while crossing the sea," and (3) "while in the land of their first inheritance after they had crossed the sea." From this order of travel, one can assume that the Lamanites' "land of first inheritance" was near where Lehi first landed. The geographical description of Lamanite lands mentioned in Alma 22:28 further locates this land "on the west in the land of Nephi." Thus, the sea which Lehi crossed in order to get to the Americas was probably the Pacific Ocean because the landing site was "on the west" of the Americas. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes] [See the commentary on Alma 22:28]

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