“Be Gathered in from the East and from the West, and from the South and from the North”

Brant Gardner

Despite the language of this passage, the verse may not specifically allude to Psalm 107 because references to the four cardinal directions are quite common. Naturally, Israel would be gathered from the whole world, for which the four directions are a metaphor. (See commentary accompanying Helaman 3:8.)

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 5

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