1830 Book of Mormon, pg 382; “. . . for behold, his army had been reduced by the Lamanites because of the numerority of their forces having slain a vast number of our men . . .”
Recent Book of Mormon Alma 56:10; “. . . for behold, his army had been reduced by the Lamanites because their forces had slain a vast number of our men ….”
With close to 4,000 changes that have been made to the BoM one doesn’t have to look hard for something to show up. We chose this example today because of the vocabulary Smith employed when writing his “inspired translation” of the golden plates.
“Numerority” is obviously not a word so why would this be in God’s work?
Every day I find myself on my knees with a broken heart for my mother and other members as well who choose to believe the lies of Joseph Smith. In her defense I have to say she most certainly wouldn’t know about all the textual changes that have taken place in the BoM’s 184 year history and unfortunately, she’s not alone.
My life stands as a clear example of the average Mormon being oblivious to the Church’s true history. When I left I knew I didn’t agree with numerous doctrinal items, but I had no idea just how wrong Mormonism was until after I left.
The example today will be excused away as many of the other changes are by Mormons who say the printer of the original BoM had it out for Smith. Alas, this too is a lie. See Joseph Fielding Smith, 1961, “…the printer was a man who was unfriendly…” – Improvement Era, pg 924.
Mormons are deeply devoted to the Church and its leaders. When I was LDS if I were to give a list of descriptions that would paint a picture of who I was it’d be 1.Mormon 2.American 3.loving wife and mom. Don’t ever underestimate how deep the dye runs in the veins of the Mormon people and don’t ever assume it’s as easy to leave Mormonism as it is in finding another church to attend. Mormonism is a culture and heritage that envelopes every aspect of who they are.
To that end we must be staunch defenders of the Christian faith and stay true to God’s word! Ask your Mormon friend/relative what they think about this change in their canon.
This example (and a similar one in Alma 41:4) shows a typographical error in the 1837 edition. Since the word “immorality” in the context was obviously improper, it was corrected in the 1840 edition.