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I Have a Question: "How can I explain Nephi’s killing Laban to my nonmember friends? Some really reject it as scriptural."
Title | I Have a Question: "How can I explain Nephi’s killing Laban to my nonmember friends? Some really reject it as scriptural." |
Publication Type | Magazine Article |
Year of Publication | 1976 |
Authors | Holland, Jeffrey R. |
Magazine | Ensign |
Volume | 6 |
Issue Number | 9 |
Pagination | 83-84 |
Date Published | September 1976 |
Keywords | Laban; Laws; Legal; Nephi (Son of Lehi); Obedience; Revelation |
Abstract | These seven things help us understand: Nephi gives a detailed account so he would not be misunderstood; he had no desire to take Laban’s life; Old Testament prophets were likewise commanded; Laban was guilty of atrocities toward Nephi’s family; modern revelation condones taking the life of a wicked man; Nephi was commanded by the Lawgiver; obedience was the focal point of the story. |
URL | https://www.lds.org/languages/eng/content/ensign/1976/09/i-have-a-question/how-can-i-explain-nephis-killing-laban-to-my-nonmember-friends |
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I Have a Question: "How can I explain Nephi’s killing Laban to my nonmember friends? Some really reject it as scriptural."." Ensign 6, no. 9 (1976): 83-84. "
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