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Mormon 7–9
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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: Mormon 7:1–10
- Video: The Bible and The Book of Mormon - John Hilton III (Mormon 7-9)
- Video: Come, Follow Me with Taylor Halverson (Mormon 7–9)
- Commentary: The Record That Shall Come Forth from the Jews Unto the Gentiles
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Introduction to Mormon 7
- Commentary: Mormon’s Final Plea to the Descendants of His People
- Commentary: What Mormon Wanted the Remnants of His People to Know
- Commentary: The Intent for Which the Book of Mormon Was Written
- Commentary: Mormon 7:1-5
Tuesday
- Scripture: Mormon 8:1–13
- Commentary: Moroni's Character
- Commentary: Moroni's Colophon
- Commentary: Moroni Provides the Time of His Authorship
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Additional Study
- KnoWhy: Why Did Moroni Write So Many Farewells?
- Evidence: Total Warfare
Wednesday
- Scripture: Mormon 8:14–32
- Commentary: Forecasting
- Commentary: Moroni Offers Blessings, Warnings, and Curses
- Commentary: Mormon 8:12-14
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Mormon 8:17-22
- Commentary: Mormon 8:23-25
- KnoWhy: Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon?
- Evidence: Sacred Plates
Thursday
- Scripture: Mormon 8:33–41
- Commentary: Mormon 8:36-41
- Commentary: Questioning
- Commentary: Beholding
- Commentary: Declaring
- Evidence: Prophetic Perfect
Friday
- Scripture: Mormon 9:1–14
- Commentary: Challenging
- Commentary: Mormon 9:1-5
- Commentary: Mormon 9:6-8
- Commentary: Mormon 9:9-11
- Commentary: Mormon 9:12-14
Saturday
- Scripture: Mormon 9:15–31
- Commentary: Mormon 9:24-26
- Commentary: Commanding
- Commentary: Mormon 9:15-18
- Commentary: Mormon 9:19-20
- Commentary: Mormon 9:21-23
- Commentary: Mormon 9:27-29
- Additional Study
Sunday
- Scripture: Mormon 9:32–37
- Video: Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?
- KnoWhy: What Do We Know About Nephite Language?
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Hebraisms and the Apocalypse of Abraham
- KnoWhy: Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?
- Commentary: Mormon 9:32-33
- Commentary: Mormon 9:34-37
- Commentary: Why Did the Nephites Write in Reformed Egyptian?
- Commentary: Attesting
- Commentary: Petitioning
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Bibliography
Mormon 7
Mormon 7:3–10
Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Reynolds, Noel B. “’Come unto Me’ as a Technical Gospel Term.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 1–24.
Mormon 7:5
Volluz, Corbin T. “O Death, Where Is They Sting?” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 25, no. 6 (2005): 2–3.
Mormon 7:47
Hinckley, Gordon B. “Mormon Should Mean ‘More Good.’” General Conference October 1990.
Mormon 8
Sperry, Sidney B. “Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 1 (1995): 255–259.
Thomas, Mark D. “Moroni: The Final Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 88–99, 119-120.
Mormon 8:1–3
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Write So Many Farewells? (Mormon 8:1).” KnoWhy 233 (November 17, 2016).
Hales, Brian C. “Dissenters: Portraying the Church as Wrong So They can be Right Without It.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 77–121.
Walker, Steve. “Last Words.” In The Reader's Book of Mormon: Last Words: 4 Nephi – Moroni, edited by Robert A. Rees and Eugene England, vii-xxii. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (By Lineages).” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 17.
Mormon 8:3–8
Book of Mormon Central. “How Can the Book of Mormon Survivors Give Us Hope? (Mormon 8:3).” KnoWhy 393 (December 26, 2017).
Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” General Conference October 1978.
Mormon 8:16
Book of Mormon Central. “Are There Other Ancient Records Like the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 8:16).” KnoWhy 407 (February 13, 2018).
Mormon 8:23
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Book of Mormon Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 96.
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Isaiah Passages Listed by Isaiah Reference.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 97.
Belnap, Daniel. “’We are Not Cut Off’: Separation and Reconciliation through Sacred Covenants.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, edited by Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 113–124. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University/Deseret Book, 2007.
Mormon 8:28
Bowen, Matthew L. “’See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109–143.
Mormon 8:35–37
Petersen, Mark E. “The Last Words of Moroni.” General Conference October 1978.
Bowen, Matthew L. “’See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109–143.
Mormon 9
Thomas, Mark D. “Moroni: The Final Voice.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 1 (2003): 88–99, 119-120.
Van Orden, Bruce A. “Preach the Gospel to Every Creature.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 323–336. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1995.
Mormon 9:1–14
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Consistent Elements in Nephite Declarations of Faith.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 43.
Mormon 9:22–25
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Does Part of the Long Ending of Mark Show Up in the Book of Mormon? (Mormon 9:24).” KnoWhy 522 (June 26, 2019).
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 1.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 283–321.
Lindsay, Jeff. “The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 2.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 325–365.
Mormon 9:27
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands? (Mormon 9:27).” KnoWhy 234 (November 18, 2016).
Mormon 9:30–37
Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (Overview).” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 16.
Mormon 9:32–33
Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian? (Mormon 9:32).” KnoWhy 513 (May 2, 2019).
Dale, Bruce E. “How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 261–268.
Gee, John. “Two Notes on Egyptian Script.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 244–247. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Gee, John. “Epigraphic Considerations on Janne Sjodahl’s Experiment with Nephite Writing.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 25, 79.
Hatch, Gary Layne. “Mormon and Moroni: Father and Son.” In The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi Through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 105–115. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1995.
Larsen, David. “Death Being Swallowed Up in Netzach in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2016): 123–134.
Ricks, Stephen D. “Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 237–243. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Sjodahl, Janne M. “The Book of Mormon Plates.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 22–24, 79.
Smith, Robert F. “The ‘Golden’ Plates.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 275–278. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Stubbs, Brian D. “Book of Mormon Language.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Stubbs, Brian D. “Hebrew and Uto-Aztecan: Possible Linguistic Connections.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 279–281. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Reformed Egyptian.” In The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, 22–24. Salt Lake City: Cornerstone Publishing, 1999.
Tvedtnes, John A. “Inscribed Gold Plate Fits Book of Mormon Pattern.” Insights: A Window to the Ancient World 28, no. 1 (2008): 3.
Tvedtnes, John A., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Notes and Communications: Jewish and Other Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 156–163.
Mormon 9:36
Book of Mormon Central. “Why is the Book of Mormon So Important to the Restoration? (Mormon 9:36).” KnoWhy 281 (March 1, 2017).