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Ether 6–11
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Reading Plan
Structure your personal scripture study by following a 15-minute, day-by-day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required scripture passages from the Come, Follow Me curriculum, as well as suggestions for additional resources to bring context and understanding to your study. For the best experience, use our Reading Plan in the free ScripturePlus app! You can track your progress and have access to the best resources.
Monday
- Scripture: Ether 6:1-9
- Video: Come, Follow Me with Taylor Halverson (Ether 6–11)
- Commentary: Questions to Ponder about the Jaredite Migration
- Commentary: The Lord Provides Light for the Jaredite Barges
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Comparing Lehi’s Journey with the Jaredite Journey
- Commentary: Ether 6:1-3
- Commentary: Ether 6:4
- Commentary: Ether 6:5-8
- KnoWhy: Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones?
Tuesday
- Scripture: Ether 6:10-30
- Commentary: All but One Son Refuse to be King
- Commentary: Mosiah Desires to End the Kingship
Wednesday
- Scripture: Ether 7:1-27
- Commentary: Questions Regarding Kingship
- KnoWhy: Why Is The Book of Ether an Epic?
- Commentary: Ether 7:23-27
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Idolatry Begins to be Practiced Widely
- Commentary: Ether 7:1-4
- Commentary: Ether 7:8-10
- Evidence: Jaredite History
Thursday
- Scripture: Ether 8:1-26
- Commentary: Ether 8:1-5
- Commentary: Ether 8:13-15
- Commentary: Ether 8:20-22
- Commentary: Ether 8:23-26
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Additional Study
- Commentary: How Does a King Spend His Life in Captivity?
- Commentary: “And Now I, Moroni …”
- KnoWhy: Why Did Moroni Comment So Much Throughout Ether?
- KnoWhy: Why Are Secret Combinations Associated with Cain and Getting Gain?
- Evidence: Wordplay on Cain
Friday
- Scripture: Ether 9:1-35
- Video: Book of Mormon Evidence - Snake Infestation
- Commentary: Study Questions for Ether 9
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Additional Study
- Commentary: The Destruction of Akish’s Kingdom
- Commentary: Poisonous Serpents upon the Face of the Land
- Commentary: Ether 9:10-11
- Commentary: Ether 9:16-20
- KnoWhy: Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine?
- Evidence: Snake Infestation
- Evidence: Horse and Elephant
Saturday
- Scripture: Ether 10:1-34
- Video: It's Okay to Fail - John Hilton III (Ether 6-11)
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Riplakish Was Like King Noah
- Commentary: Ether 10:32-34
- KnoWhy: Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne?
- Commentary: Ether 10:20-22
- Evidence: Olmec Iron
Sunday
- Scripture: Ether 11:1-23
- Commentary: Study Questions for Ether 11
- KnoWhy: Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations?
- Commentary: Warnings of Destruction and the Solution
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Ether 11:1-3
- Commentary: Ether 11:7
- Commentary: Ether 11:12-14
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Bibliography
Ether 6
Thompson, John S. “The Jaredite Exodus: A Literary Perspective of a Historical Narrative.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3, no. 1 (1994): 104–112.
Woodward, Mikayla. “Ether 6 and the Plan of Salvation.” In Selections from the BYU Religious Education Student Symposium 2003, 181–193. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2003.
Ether 6:3
Book of Mormon Central. “Where did the Brother of Jared Get the Idea of Shining Stones? (Ether 6:3).” KnoWhy 240 (November 28, 2016).
Tvedtnes, John A. “Appendix 2: Glowing Stones in Ancient and Medieval Lore.” In The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: "Out of Darkness Unto Light", 195–225. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Glowing Stones in Ancient and Medieval Lore.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 99–123.
Tvedtnes, John A. “New Light on the Shining Stones of the Jaredites.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 12, no. 4 (1992): 2–4.
Ether 6:4
Christenson, Allen J. “By Land or by Sea? Revisiting the Bering Straits.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 256–258. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Ether 6:7
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Test Cases from the Book of Ether.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988.
Ether 6:9
Book of Mormon Central. “Is the Book of Mormon Musical? (Ether 6:9).” KnoWhy 500 (January 31, 2019).
Ether 6:20
Childs, Larry G. “Present Participle Adjuncts in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 24–38.
Ether 7
Nibley Hugh W. “Lecture 110: Ether 7-14.” In Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2004.
Ether 7:9
Hamblin, William J. “Vikings, Iron, and the Book of Mormon.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 259–261. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Sorenson, John L. “Out of the Dust: Steel in Early Metallurgy.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 2 (2006): 108–109, 127.
Ether 8
Jolley, Elliot. “Gazelem the Jaredite.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 85–105.
Ether 8:16
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “A Comparison of Nephite Law Lists.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 127.
Ether 8:20
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Comment So Much Throughout Ether? (Ether 8:20).” KnoWhy 242 (November 30, 2016).
Ether 8:22–23
Bowen, Matthew L. “Getting Cain and Gain.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115–141.
Hilton, John III, Ryan Sharp, Brad Wilcox, and Jaron Hansen. “Gentiles in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 267–288.
Ether 9
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45–59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 9:23
Sorenson, John L. “New Discoveries in Mexico on the Jaredite Period.” Insights: A Window to the Ancient World 11, no. 2 (1991): 2.
Ether 9:30–31
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Snakes Infest Jaredite Lands During a Famine? (Ether 9:30).” KnoWhy 243 (December 1, 2016).
Nibley, Hugh W. “Some Test Cases from the Book of Ether.” In An Approach to the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988.
Rappleye, Neal. “’The Great and Terrible Judgments of the Lord’: Destruction and Disaster in 3 Nephi and the Geology of Mesoamerica.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 143–157.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Drought and Serpents.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 262–265. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Notes and Communications: Drought and Serpents.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 70–72.
Ether 10
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 10:6
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Riplakish Construct a Beautiful Throne? (Ether 10:6).” KnoWhy 244 (December 2, 2016).
Clark, John E. “Archaeology, Relics, and Book of Mormon Belief.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 2 (2005): 38–49, 71–74.
Ether 10:23
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Metals in the Book of Mormon.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 163.
Ether 11
Brinley, Douglas E. “The Jaredites—A Case Study in Following the Brethren.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 45–59. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Plausible Locations of the Final Battles.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 159.
Ether 11:9
Larsen, Stan. “Conjectural Emendation and the Text of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 18, no. 4 (1978): 563–569.
Ether 11:15
Bowen, Matthew L. “Getting Cain and Gain.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115–141.
Ether 11:20–21
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Does the Book of Mormon Include the Rise and Fall of Two Nations? (Ether 11:20–21).” KnoWhy 245 (December 5, 2016).
Clark, John E. “Archaeological Trends and Book of Mormon Origins.” BYU Studies Quarterly 44, no. 4 (2005): 83–104.