Jacob says that God gave him a commandment to keep the history of his people.
Jacob (Son of Lehi) (declarant, 554 BC - 421 BC) --- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (recorder) · -2384.0 yrs after events · Direct
Reference
Jacob 1:2-3, The Book of Mormon, (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2013), accessed November 29, 2021
Date of Account
554 BC - 421 BC
Date of Events
554 BC - 421 BC
Retrospective Distance
-2384.0 yrs after events
Hearsay Tier
Direct — Tagged 'Standard Works'
Point of View
todo
Status
Unreviewed
Source Type
Book
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription
And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these plates a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.