Alma 12:9 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
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.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 3

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