Given the size of the plates and the challenge of engraving by hand into metal, one would expect maximum conciseness. Yet, the Book of Mormon often exhibits redundancy.

For example:

“And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even eight years in the wilderness” (1 Nephi 17:4).

A more concise version would be:

“And we did sojourn in the wilderness for eight years.”

Why would an all-knowing being reveal the verse in a clumsy form through the seer stone rather than a more refined version?