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Sealed or Sealed–Up Documents
Title
Sealed or Sealed–Up Documents
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
1999
Authors
Welch, John W. (Primary), and Welch, Greg (Primary)
Number
9-118
Publisher
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
City
Provo, UT
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Abstract
Nephi, the brother of Jared, and Moroni all commented on sealed or sealed-up portions of the Book of Mormon, the brother of Jared's vision, and Moroni's abridgment of the brother of Jared's writings. Sealed (hatom), as used in Jeremiah 32, has various meanings. Hatom means literally that a seal has been placed on a document, but it also implies that the document may be "unavailable" or "complete." Similarly, in their discussions of the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, Book of Mormon prophets generally used the termsealed to express that a document was literally closed with a seal and sealed up to indicate that a document was unavailable. Knowing these definitions can help readers follow the accounts in 2 Nephi 27 and Ether 3–5.Subject Keywords
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