Ether 13:2 Textual Variants

for behold they rejected all the words of Ether for he truly told them of all things from the beginning of man and [how >js NULL 1|how A| BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands

In his editing for the 1837 edition, Joseph Smith removed the how before that here in Ether 13:2. He also made the same change in 1 Nephi 10:3. Such usage occurs elsewhere in the text of the Book of Mormon and has otherwise been retained. The critical text will restore the original instance of “how that” here in Ether 13:2. For discussion, see under 1 Nephi 10:2–3.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 6

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