“The People Who Were in the Land Bountiful”

Alan C. Miner

Does the phrase in Alma 50:32, "the people who were in the land Bountiful, or rather Moroni" represent a scribal mistake or is this just Mormon's way of saying that both the people of Bountiful and chief captain Moroni were afraid of this happening? Does the "land Bountiful" mean the general land next to the general land of Zarahemla or does it mean the local land of Bountiful that would have a city Bountiful in the center? Does this phrasing in Alma 50:32 mean that the cities of Lehi and Morianton were in the general land Bountiful? [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]

Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary

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