Book of Mormon Witnesses
Mosiah 8:9, 13; “And for a testimony that the things that they had said are true they have brought twenty-four plates which are filled with engravings, and they are of pure gold. 13 Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.”
Colossians 2:8; “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
In the Book of Mosiah you can read an interesting instruction about the person who will see and interpret the golden plates of Mormon.
First, they must be called a seer.
Second, those who see the records without being commanded will surely die.
Why didn’t the three witnesses die? Were they commanded to see them and if so why aren’t they referred to as seers?
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