An angel of the Lord who appeared to Laman and Lemuel, Nephi’s elder brothers, after their failed attempt to obtain the brass plates from Laban in Jerusalem. When Laman and Lemuel grew angry and began to beat Nephi and Sam with a rod, the angel stood before them and asked why they struck their younger brother, telling them the Lord had chosen Nephi to rule over them because of their iniquities. He directed them to go up to Jerusalem again, promising the Lord would deliver Laban into their hands, then departed (1 Ne. 3:29).
After the angel left, Laman and Lemuel murmured again, doubting that the Lord could deliver Laban, a mighty man who could command and slay fifty (1 Ne. 3:31). Nephi answered by reminding them that an angel had spoken to them, asking how they could still doubt that the Lord was able to deliver Laban as he had delivered their fathers from the Egyptians (1 Ne. 4:3).
Nephi cited the visitation again on later occasions. When Laman and Lemuel rebelled in the wilderness and sought to return to Jerusalem, Nephi asked how they had forgotten that they had seen an angel of the Lord (1 Ne. 7:10). At Bountiful he told them they had seen an angel and heard his voice from time to time, yet were past feeling and could not feel his words (1 Ne. 17:45).