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Book of Mormon Commentary
1 Nephi Chapter 3
1 Ne 3:163 And it is a record like unto the engravings which are upon the plates of brass, save there are
not so many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord which he hath made unto the house of
Israel;
3: 163 Nephi was given the knowledge that the book of scriptures which he saw in the vision did
not contain all that Laban had on the plates, nor all that later were in the "gospel of the Iamb"
(3:168). The Old Testament was to go forth by mouth because the time of the vision was long
before printing was invented. Note, however, that the " gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve
apostles bear record," was to "go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, from the
Jews unto the Gentiles" (3:167). The New Testament was written by the apostles or by close
associates.
1 Ne 3:168 For behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain
and most precious;
1 Ne 3:169 And also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away;
3:168, 169 The Bible refers to certain books or sacred writings which are not now in the canonized
scriptures, neither are they found among the Old and New Testament Apocryphal books. The
following list will illustrate this:
MISSING BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
The following books are mentioned but are not found in the King James Translation:
Prophecy of Enoch 14 Jude 14
Book of the Wars of the Lord Num. 21: 14
Book of Jasher Josh. 10:13, II Sam. 1:18
Book of the Manner of the Kingdom 1 Sam. 10:25
Solomon's Three Thousand Proverbs 1 Kings 4:32, 33
Book of the Acts of Solomon 1 Kings 11:41
Book of Gad, the Seer 1 Chron. 29:29
Book of Nathan the Prophet 1 Chron. 29:29; II Chron. 9:29
Prophecy of Ahijah 11 Chron. 9:29
Visions and Story of Iddo, the Seer 1I Chron. 9:29; 13:22
Book of Shemaiah the Prophet 1I Chron. 12: 15
Genealogies of Iddo the Seer 1I Chron. 12: 15
Book of Jehu II Chron. 20:34
Isaiah's History of Uzziah 1I Chron. 26:22
Book of the Sayings of the Seers 1I Chron. 33: 19
Book Written by Jeremiah Jer. 36:2, 32
Daniel's Sealed Book Dan. 12:4, 9
Book of Ephraim Hos. 8:11, 12
A Previous Epistle to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 5:9
Epistle to the Laodiceans Col. 4: 16
Jude's Previous Epistle Jude 3