Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"Words missing in Alma 32:30"

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thirty-five words at the end of Alma 32:30 in the original manuscript were ommited in previous versions of the Book of Mormon. The text was restored in the 1981 edition of the Book of Mormon^[1]

This is similar to the errors that were made by some translators and scribes of the Bible. Most likely the typesetter mistankenly missed those words.

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1830 edition of the Book of Mormon:

[Alma 32:30] But behold, as the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, and then ye must needs say, That the seed is good; for behold it swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow. [Alma 32:31] And now behold, are ye sure that this is a good seed? I say unto you, Yea; for every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness ^[2]

1981 edition of the Book of Mormon:

30 But behold, as the seed swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow, then you must needs say that the seed is good; for behold it swelleth, and sprouteth, and beginneth to grow. And now, behold, will not this strengthen your faith? Yea, it will strengthen your faith: for ye will say I know that this is a good seed; for behold it sprouteth and beginneth to grow. 31 And now, behold, are ye sure that this is a good seed? I say unto you, Yea; for every seed bringeth forth unto its own likeness. ^[3]

Endnotes

1. [note] Daniel K. Judd and Allen W. Stoddard, "Adding and Taking Away 'Without a Cause' in Matthew 5:22," in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book, 2006),159-160 ISBN 1590386272
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