Helaman 13:26 Textual Variants

Here the 1888 LDS edition accidentally replaced the present-tense testifieth with the past-tense testified. This change was not transmitted into any subsequent LDS edition since the 1888 edition never served as a copytext for any other edition.

Although the past-tense form will work here in Helaman 13:26, usage earlier in this verse shows that the present-tense form is correct:

• Helaman 13:26
  • if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord which testifieth of your sins and iniquities ye are angry with him

In fact, the larger passage (verses 26–28) expresses everything in the present tense. The critical text will maintain the present-tense testifieth both times here in verse 26.