The promised land and the next morning
Page 27FIRST NEPHI / CHAPTER 7
The promised land and the next morning
A ship reaches land; nobody becomes a finished person; a new shore still requires water, shelter, and consideration.
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Nephi’s ship—not the Jaredite barges.
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1 And I shit you not, Nephi helped build a ship, and the people argued over the labor before arguing over the destination.
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2 Laman asked about the supplies. Lemuel asked about the length of the voyage. Nephi asked why every discussion of his vision eventually became a discussion of containers.
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3 Sariah answered that water was difficult to carry in a vision.
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4 They loaded what they needed, repaired what would not bear the journey, and made room for questions whose answers could improve the vessel.
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5 This ship was not the barges of Jared. The records would become confusing enough without transferring every passenger to the wrong boat.
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6 During the crossing, one person mistook a disagreement for permission to command another’s body.
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7 The others refused this conclusion. No destination required fastening a traveler into obedience.
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8 There were storms, and pauses, and hours which felt much longer to those who were sick than to those who were telling them to appreciate the journey.
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9 At last they saw a shore, and Lehi called it the promised land.
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10 A herald prepared to announce that every remaining difficulty had been left at sea.
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11 Then someone asked where they would find drinking water.