“Bearing the Arms Which Had Been Smitten Off”

Brant Gardner

Culture: The practice of cutting off some body part as a token of conquest is not unknown in the history of the world. In the Old World, the practice was often used to count enemy dead or perhaps to more accurately pay mercenaries.

Text: There is no break here in the 1830 edition, because it is Mormon’s introduction to his essential story.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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