Mormon could not write all of the words of Amulek, and neither could he write all of the words of Alma. But Mormon’s interjections and narration help us to understand why he chose to emphasize these particular passages from Alma’s record. Mormon had read and studied many more plates than we know about, and no one was more qualified than him to abridge N…
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