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title: What Is the “Skin of Blackness” in the Book of Mormon?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/what-is-the-skin-of-blackness-in-the-book-of-mormon
pubDate: February 14, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #718
2 Nephi 5:21
author: Scripture Central
guid: 972
image:
Classic Maya polychrome vase from Dos Pilas showing people covered in black paint. Photo by Justin Kerr, Maya Vase Database.
title: Why Did Nephi’s People Want Him to Be a King?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-nephis-people-want-him-to-be-a-king
pubDate: February 13, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #717
2 Nephi 5:18
author: Scripture Central
guid: 971
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Image generated via Midjourney.
title: How Are Some Ancient American Temples Similar to the Temple of Solomon?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/how-are-some-ancient-american-temples-similar-to-the-temple-of-solomon
pubDate: February 9, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #716
2 Nephi 5:16
author: Scripture Central
guid: 970
image:
Collage of a photo of the Temple of the Bearded Man at Chichen Itza and a depiction of the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem by François Vatable.
title: Why Does Lehi Tell His Sons to “Arise from the Dust”?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-does-lehi-tell-his-sons-to-arise-from-the-dust
pubDate: February 6, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #715
2 Nephi 1:23
author: Scripture Central
guid: 969
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title: What “Mighty Nation among the Gentiles” Would Scatter Lehi’s Seed?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/what-mighty-nation-among-the-gentiles-would-scatter-lehis-seed
pubDate: February 2, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #714
1 Nephi 22:7–8
author: Scripture Central
guid: 968
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"The Discovery of America" by Johann Moritz Rugendas. Public Domain Image
title: Why Did Nephi Mention the Place of Ishmael’s Burial by Name?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-nephi-mention-the-place-of-ishmaels-burial-by-name
pubDate: January 30, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #713
1 Nephi 16:34
author: Scripture Central
guid: 967
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Still from Book of Mormon Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
title: How Do Latter-day Saints See God‘s Hand in History?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/how-do-latter-day-saints-see-gods-hand-in-history
pubDate: January 26, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #712
1 Nephi 13:13
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KnoWhy #712
1 Nephi 13:19
author: Scripture Central
guid: 966
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“First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government” by Edward Moran. Public Domain Image.
title: Why Is the Great and Abominable Church Described like the Assyrian Empire?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-is-the-great-and-abominable-church-described-like-the-assyrian-empire
pubDate: January 23, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #711
1 Nephi 13:5
author: Scripture Central
guid: 965
image:
A relief of King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria capturing the city of Astartu (in modern Jordan). (From the Southwest Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud, ca. 730-727 B.C.E.; British Museum.)
title: Why Are Lehi’s and Nephi’s Visions and Histories Similar to the History of the Rechabites?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-are-lehis-and-nephis-visions-and-histories-similar-to-the-history-of-the-rechabites
pubDate: January 16, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #710
1 Nephi 8:10–11
author: Scripture Central
guid: 964
image:
Zosimus stands on the shore of the ocean next to one of the trees in his vision. This image was generated using Midjourney.
title: Who Was Laban?
link: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/who-was-laban
pubDate: January 11, 2024
description:
KnoWhy #709
1 Nephi 3:3
author: Scripture Central
guid: 963
image:
Laban inspects the possessions of Lehi brought to him by Laman, Lemuel, Nephi, and Sam. Image courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.