Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
English: Artwork depicting Laman and Lemuel, from the Book of Mormon, in the magazine The Children's Friend (April 1925). Two men with thick, curled hair approximately down to their shoulders, along with goattee-like beards. They also wear hats similar to the other two, and they wear tunics, though theirs go all the way to their shins.
In the Book of Mormon, Laman and Lemuel (/ ˈ l eɪ m ə n ... ˈ l ɛ m j uː l /) [1] are the two eldest sons [2] of Lehi and the older brothers of Sam, Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph. According to the text, they lived around 600 BC. They were notable for their rebellion against Lehi and Nephi, becoming the primary antagonists of the First and ...
Laban (/ ˈ l eɪ b ə n /) [1] is a figure in the First Book of Nephi, near the start of the Book of Mormon, a scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement. Although he only makes a brief appearance in the Book of Mormon, his brass plates play an important role when they are taken by Laman and Nephi (often referred to as the "sons of Lehi") and are used by the Nephites.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Lithograph of Joseph Smith addressing a delegation of Native Americans visiting Nauvoo, whom he referred to as Lamanites. In the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites (/ ˈ l eɪ m ə n aɪ t /) [1] [a] are one of the four peoples (along with the Jaredites, the Mulekites, and the Nephites) described as having settled in the ancient Americas.
In Understanding the Book of Mormon, Grant Hardy acknowledges that Nephi's actions, "without a considerable amount of explanation, would look a lot like murder and robbery." [ 8 ] Nephi kills Laban when he is unarmed and unable to defend himself and then takes possession of the plates through deception and force.
First-generation descendants of Laman, and one of seven secondary groups [1] of Book of Mormon peoples. [3] Lehites, Children of Lehi. Descendants of Lehi, including both the Lamanites and Nephites. Lemuelites. Descendants and followers of Lemuel, one of seven secondary groups [1] of Book of Mormon peoples. [3]
[16] Emma Smith, Joseph Smith's wife and scribe for part of the Book of Mormon, made a clear distinction between the two in an 1870 letter, "The first that my husband translated, was translated by the use of the Urim, and Thummim [i.e. spectacles or interpreters], and that was the part that Martin Harris lost, after that he used a small stone ...