Alma 13:6 Textual Variants

and thus being called by [this 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRT|his S] holy calling and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God to teach his commandments unto the children of men that they also might enter into his rest

Here the 1953 RLDS edition replaced this with his in “this holy calling”; this change is probably a typo, perhaps facilitated by the use of his elsewhere in this passage. The use of this here is undoubtedly correct; note its use in the two preceding present participial clauses:

Alma 13:4 and thus they having been called to this holy calling ...
Alma 13:5 thus this holy calling being prepared from the foundation of the world …

The critical text will therefore follow the earliest reading, “this holy calling”, in Alma 13:6.

Summary: Maintain in Alma 13:6 the use of this in “this holy calling” (the earliest extant reading) which is consistent with nearby usage in verses 4 and 5.

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

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