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Book of Mormon Search Questions Handout Ether The Book of Ether

Ether 1 THE LANGUAGES NOT CONFOUNDED 1.From where does Moroni take his abridgment? 2.Why did Moroni not write concerning the time from Adam to the great tower? 3.Who wrote the record from which Moroni took his account? 4.Why did the Lord not confound the language of Jared and their friends? 5.To where did the Lord agree to lead Jared and his associates? Ether 2 BUILDING THE BARGES 1.To where were the people of Jared led and what did they do there? 2.What is the interpretation of deseret? 3.How were the Jaredites able to get into that quarter of land where man had never been before? 4.What were the decrees of God concerning the land of promise which the Jaredites were to inhabit? 5.To whom does Moroni address this decree? 6.Where was Moriancumr and how long did the Jaredites dwell there? 7.Why did the Lord chasten the brother of Jared? For how long? 8.Although the Lord forgave the brother of Jared, what warning did he give? 9.What was the manner of the building of the barges? 10.What two problems did the brother of Jared recognize in the barges? 11.What solution was given by the Lord to the first problem? 12.How did the Lord respond to the second problem?

Ether 3 THE BROTHER OF JARED’S VISION OF THE LORD 1.What was the result of the fall according to the brother of Jared? 2.What did the brother of Jared request the Lord to do to the 16 stones? 3.Why was the brother of Jared struck with fear? 4.What did the brother of Jared really see and why? 5.Why did the Lord show himself unto the brother of Jared? 6.What did the Lord say had happened to the brother of Jared? 7.What did the Lord say about himself and those who believe on his name? 8.What was unique about the Lord’s appearance? 9.Why body did the brother of Jared see? 10.Why could the brother of Jared not be kept within the veil? 11.What did the Lord prepare to interpret the things which the brother of Jared was to write? 12.What was shown to the brother of Jared? 13.What did the brother of Jared seal up?

Ether 4 THE SEALED RECORD TO COME FORTH 1.When were the things which the brother of Jared wrote to come forth? 2.Why did Moroni hide them up again? 3.What did Moroni write upon the plates which were sealed? 4.When were the things which the brother of Jared wrote to come to the Gentiles? 5.What promise is given to those who will believe these things? 6.Who is invited to come unto Christ and learn of these things? 7.Whose revelations will be unfolded following this time? 8.What may one know when this record is received? 9.What should one do who recognized the work of the Father has commenced? Ether 5 BOOK OF MORMON WITNESSES 1.To whom is Chapter 5 apparently addressed? 2.To whom was the future translator of the plates to be privileged to show them? 3.How and why were three to be shown the plates? 4.What, in addition to the testimony of three, would show forth the power of God? 5.Who bears testimony of this work (Book of Mormon), a testimony against the world? 6.What final testimony of this work (Book of Mormon) is recorded in this chapter?

Ether 6 THE JAREDITES IN THE PROMISED LAND 1.Where were the stones which the Lord had prepared placed? Why? 2.How were they able to proceed towards the promised land? (Compare 1 Nephi 18:8) 3.Unto what were their vessels likened? 4.How long were they upon the water? What did they do upon arrival? 5.How many were in the Jaredite group? 6.What was the brother of Jared’s reaction to the people’s desire? 7.Why were they allowed to have a king? 8.Who was the first king and how was his reign characterized? Ether 7 CAPTIVITY AND PEACE 1.How many sons and daughters did Orihah beget? 2.What saying of the brother of Jared was fulfilled by Corihor? (See Mosiah 29:16-19) 3.Where was the Land of Moron? 4.Out of what did Shule make swords? 5.What happened to the country in the days of Shule and Cohor? (Compare 2 Nephi 5:5-6) 6.What did the Lord do in the days of Shule and what was the people’s reaction? (Compare 2 Nephi 25:9) 7.How was Shule able to establish peace in the land?

Ether 8 SECRET COMBINATIONS RESULTS 1.Where did the daughter of Jared get her idea to redeem the kingdom? 2.What oaths did Akish administer to all his kinfolk? (Compare Helaman 6:21-30) 3.Why are secret combinations abominable before the Lord? (Compare 2 Nephi 26:22) 4.What destructions had secret combinations caused? (Compare Helaman 2:12) 5.What does Moroni say about nations which uphold secret combinations? Why? 6.Why is it wisdom in God to show these things to the Gentiles? 7.What does the Lord command the Gentiles? 8.What do those who build up secret combinations seek? 9.What is it that builds up secret combinations? 10.Why was Moroni commanded to write these things?

Ether 9 THE JAREDITE ZION 1.Why did Omer depart out of the land and where did he go? (Compare 1 Nephi 17:35-40; Jacob 3:4; Omni 12) 2.How did Akish get the throne from his father-in law, Jared? 3.Why was Omer restored to the land of his inheritance? Compare Mormon 4:5 4.What was removed from the land and what happened in the reign of Emer? 5.What was especially useful to man at this time? 6.What did the Lord command in regards to the land? 7.What happened to Emer before he died? 8.What happened to Coriantum in his old age and how long did he live? 9.How many generations of righteousness were at this time? 10.What did Heth begin to embrace during the reign of Com? 11.Of what did the prophets testify after Heth slew his father? 12.When the people did not follow the prophets, what followed? 13.What also came upon the face of the land? From whom? 14.When did rain come again upon the face of the earth?

Ether 10 A SECOND PERIOD OF PROSPERITY 1.What did Shez remember as he built on the broken people? 2.What did Riplakish introduce into his kingdom? Compare Mosiah 11:1-15) 3.Although Morianton did do justice unto the people, why was he cut off from the presence of the Lord? 4.How many successive generations of righteousness reign at this time? 5.What was destroyed in the days of Lib? 6.For what did they preserve the land southward? 7.Why did they heap up mighty heaps of earth? 8.How Blessed was the day of Lib? Compare Alma 50: What began again in the days of Com? Ether 11 THE PROPHETS TESTIFY 1.Of what did the prophets testify in the days of Com? 2.Of what did the prophets testify in the days of the brother of Shiblom? 3.Of what did the prophets testify in the days of Ethem? 4.Of what did the prophets testify in the days of Corianton?

Ether 12 EXAMPLE OF FAITH 1.When did Ether prophecy and why wasn’t he restrained? 2.What was the prophecy of Ether? 3.Why did the people not believe Ether? 4.What is Moroni going to show the world? 5.When did Christ show himself unto the fathers after his resurrection? 6.How does Moroni say that the reader may be partakers of the heavenly gift? What is the heavenly gift? 7.What does Moroni say has happened because of faith? Note comments also. a. They of old b. Law of Moses c. Alma and Amulek d. Nephi and Lehi e. Ammon f. Three disciples g. Brother of Jared h. My (Moroni’s) fathers 8.Why was Moroni fearful that the Gentiles would mock? 9.In what were Moroni’s people mighty? The Brother of Jared? 10.What was the Lord’s answer to Moroni’s fear? 11.What will the Lord show unto the Gentiles? 12.What does Moroni tell us about the faith of the Brother of Jared?

Ether 12 continued 13.What does Moroni tell us about faith of the Brother of Jared? 14.What did Moroni say Christ had prepared? What was required to go there? 15.What does Moroni call Christ’s laying down of His life for the world which was also required to go to the place prepared? 16.For what blessing to the Gentiles did Moroni pray? Why? 17.What did Christ tell Moroni? 18.To whom did Moroni bid farewell? Until when? 19.How did Moroni know of the things which he had written? Did he know more? 13.What does Moroni command to the Gentiles?

Ether 13 THE NEW JERUSALEMS 1.When did the land of the Americas become a choice land above all others? 2.Identify the various New Jerusalems or holy cities of which Ether prophesied. a. b. c. d. 3.What was the type of the New Jerusalem to be built on this lands (Americas)? 4.When Joseph builds a New Jerusalem upon their land of inheritance for how long shall it not be confounded? 5.When will the scripture be fulfilled…”they who were first who shall be last;…they who were last, who shall be first”? 6.Why did Moroni not write more of Ether’s prophecies? 7.How did Ether see the destruction of his people? 8.What prophecy did Ether make to Coriantumr in the second year of his (Ether’s) dwelling in the cavity of a rock? 9.What did Coriantumr’s people seek to do to Ether? 10.Although Coriantumr did not go to battle for two years, what condition existed in the land?

Ether 14 A CURSE UPON THE LAND 1.What curse came upon the land at this time? 2.What happened to Gilead? 3.How did Lib obtain the Kingdom? 4.Why was there a great fear of Shiz in the land? 5.How did the land become divided at this time? 6.Why were the people troubled by day and by night? 7.Why did Shiz not cease to pursue Coriantumr? 8.What “thus we see” did Moroni write to the reader? 9.Why did Shiz’s army return to their camp although Coriantumr was wounded?

Ether 14 CORIANTUMR, THE LAST SURVIVOR 1.As Coriantumr remembered Ether’s words, how many people had already been killed? 2.Whose other words did Coriantumr begin to remember? 3.What offer did Coriantumr make to Shiz and what was Shiz’s counteroffer? 4.What landmarks did the armies camp near? 5.What does Ether behold? 6.Who were armed with weapons of war? 7.What did the people do at night? 8.Why did Shiz refuse to accept Coriantumr’s second offer to give up the kingdom? 9.How were the nights of the last battles described? 10.What did Shiz do after his head was cut off? 11.Where did Ether hide the record? 12.What were Ether’s last words?