nevertheless they are laid under a strict command that they shall not impart only according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto
the children of men according to the heed and diligence which they [give 1ABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST|gave D] unto him
The 1841 British edition accidentally set the present-tense give as the past-tense gave. The subsequent LDS edition (1849) restored the original give. The rest of the
passage is in the present tense.
Summary: Maintain in Alma 12:9 the present-tense give.