Ether 14:1 Textual Variants

Here is a case where John Gilbert, the 1830 typesetter, did not omit the Hebraistic and that originally separated the subordinate if- clause from its following main clause. Ultimately, the editors for the 1920 LDS edition removed the original and, but the RLDS text has retained it. In the last part of the text, Gilbert frequently removed these extra and ’s, as in two nearby cases in 𝓟 where he marked the deletion in pencil prior to setting the type:

• Ether 15:15
  • and it came to pass that when they were all gathered together every one to the army which he would with their wives and their children —both men women and children being armed with weapons of war having shields and breastplates and headplates and being clothed after the manner of war— [& >jg NULL 1| ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] they did march forth one against another to battle
• Ether 15:30
  • and it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his sword —that he rested a little— [& >jg NULL 1| ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] he smote off the head of Shiz

For further discussion of Gilbert’s deletion of the Hebraistic and, see under Helaman 16:10.