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Labon was drunk when Nephi slayed him. Nephi then dressed in his clothes and tricked his servant into thinking he was laban and took the plates. the servant soon found out but he chose to go with nephi and his family into the wilderness
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∙ 8y agoAccording to the story found in chapter 4 of 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Nephi entered the city of Jerusalem at night with the intent of getting the plates, but "not knowing beforehand the things which [he] should do." (vs. 6) Previous attempts to buy the plates with his father's inheritance and precious things had been met with violent outbursts from Laban, but Nephi trusted that God could lead him to a solution. As Nephi walked toward Laban's home, he found Laban passed out drunk in the street. Nephi felt "constrained by the Spirit" (vs.10) that he should kill Laban, but protested until he had been told three times that it was the right thing to do. Eventually he realized that killing Laban was the only way to get the plates, and that the plates would be essential to his posterity, so he "took Laban by the hair of the head, and smote of his head with his [Laban's] own sword." (vs. 18)
Nephi then put on Laban's clothes and armor and went to Laban's treasury, where the plates were stored. The servant at the treasury was convinced that Nephi was Laban, as Nephi was able to disguise his voice to sound like Laban. He asked the servant to carry the plates to show his "brethren" outside the city walls, and the servant assumed he meant the brethren of the church and so followed along. Once the servant saw that the brethren were actually Nephi's older brothers, the servant ran, but after realizing that this could be a chance to live as a free man, he agreed to stay with Nephi's family.
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What actors and actresses appeared in Nephi and the Brass Plates - 1987?
The cast of Nephi and the Brass Plates - 1987 includes: Neal Barclay as Laban Geoffrey Bennett as Nephi Kim Blackett as Sam Walter Boyden as Laman David Jensen as Angel Gene Pack as Lehi Beverly Rowland as Sariah
What are the nepites?
Nephites are the (usually) righteous group of people in the Book of Mormon. They are descendants of Nephi and his righteous brothers Sam, Jacob, and Joseph, as well as Zoram, the servant of Laban.
What movie and television projects has Geoffrey Bennett been in?
Geoffrey Bennett has: Played Nephi in "Nephi and the Brass Plates" in 1987. Played Nephi in "Journey to the Promised Land" in 1988. Played Environmental Student in "Incident at Dark River" in 1989. Played Ski Schooler in "Ski Patrol" in 1990. Played Nephi in "The Tree of Life" in 1991. Played Nephi in "Mormon and Moroni" in 1992. Played Reporter in "In the Blink of an Eye" in 1996.
Why is it allowed for nephi to slay leban and not repent?
If you read the passages where this story is related, you would see that God commanded Nephi to slay Laban, because "Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief." (1 Nephi 4:13) If you are familiar with the Old Testament, you will understand that several times, the Lord commanded the righteous to completely destroy the wicked. For example, in Numbers 25, God commands Moses to smite the Midianites. In 1 Samuel 15, God commands Saul to destroy the Amalekites, and to "utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." The Book of Deuteronomy also has several stories of the Israelites destroying entire races by the commandment of the Lord. This is the world Nephi came from. These Old Testament Israelites were his ancestors. Nephi was literally living in the middle of the Old Testament, his father Lehi was a contemporary of the Prophet Jeremiah. The plates he was sent to collect from Laban contained these stories, and he understood why he was to do what God commanded him to do.
What does First Nephi chapter 6 Verse 1 mean?
Nephi 6:1: And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work. Mormons believe that their founder, Joseph Smith, was given a set of gold plates on which was written the history of a tribe of Jews that set sail for the Americas in biblical times. Smith translated the plates into English in a King James Version biblical style and produced the Book of Mormon as a record of what was written on the plates.Nephi, son of Lehi, is believed to have been one of these adventurers. The Book of Mormon records various genealogies, but Nephi 6:1 says that Nephi will not record the names of his ancestors who had lived in Judah.
Where is the Nephi Public Library in Nephi located?
The address of the Nephi Public Library is: 21 East 100 North, Nephi, 84648 1501
How old are the Mormon plates?
I assume you are asking about the plates which were translated by Joseph Smith into the Book of Mormon? Those plates were a compilation of four groups of plates - the small and large plates of Nephi, the plates of Mormon, the plates of Ether, and the plates of Brass. The plates of Nephi were written between 580 BC and 321 AD. The plates of Mormon were written between 355 and 421 AD. The plates of Ether were written between 2200 and 300 BC. The plates of Brass were written before the time of the Book of Mormon and contained the writings of Moses, Isaiah, and other Old Testament prophets. Therefore they are from before 600 BC. As Joseph Smith returned the plates to the Angel Moroni following the translation, the actual plates are not in existence on the earth and therefore their ages cannot be determined by scientific means.
When was Nephi Miller born?
Nephi Miller was born in 1873.
When did Nephi Miller die?
Nephi Miller died in 1940.
When was The Life of Nephi created?
The Life of Nephi was created in 1915.
What is the phone number of the Nephi Public Library in Nephi?
The phone number of the Nephi Public Library is: 435-623-0822.
What date did nephi build temple of nephi?
The exact date of when Nephi built the Temple of Nephi is not specified in the Book of Mormon. However, according to the narrative, Nephi built the temple soon after they arrived in the promised land around 589 B.C.
