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== Questions ==
 
== Questions ==
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===Verse 31===
 
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===Verse 32===
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== Lexical notes ==
 
== Lexical notes ==

Revision as of 12:46, 6 November 2007

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Questions

Verse 31

Verse 32

Verse 33

Verse 34

Verse 35

Verse 36

Lexical notes

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Exegesis

It isn't immediately clear what "this thing" at the beginning of verse 31 refers to. The fact that Laman and Lemual are asking whether it refers to the torment of the body in the days of probation or after death suggests that "this thing" does not refer to God's justice spoken of in the previous verse. Instead it refers to the last thing they asked about--the river of water (verse 26) or in other words, as Nephi explains to them (verse 29), the awful hell that the angel told Nephi was prepared for the wicked (1 Ne 12:16). Nephi also makes it clear that they are talking about the river of dirty water, or hell, in verse 35.

Verses 32-36 are an explanation of what Nephi means by hell. We learn from these verse that Hell is the place prepared for those who cannot dwell in the kingdom of God.

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