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Significant doctrinal change, differing from the original handwritten manuscripts of the Book of Mormon…

PRINTER’S MANUSCRIPT:

“& the Angel spake unto me saying these last records which thou hast seen among the Gentiles shall establish the truth of the first which is of the twelve Apostles of <the>Lamb & shall ◊make known th the plain & precious things which have been taken away from them & shall make known unto all Kindreds Tongues & People that the Lamb of God is the eternal Father & the saviour of the world & that all men must Come unto him or they cannot be saved”

1 Nephi 13:40, The Handwritten Book of Mormon (West Valley City, UT: Dan Wees, September 2017), 37-38.

CURRENT EDITION:

“And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.”

1 Nephi 13:40, The Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 2018), 27. emphasis added.