Question on the timeline of the translation of the Book of Mormon

[Fether]

My questions comes from this in the LDS manual Revelation in Context

“ Work on the translation recommenced in earnest on April 5, 1829, when newly arrived Oliver Cowdery assumed the role of scribe. Joseph and Oliver picked up where Joseph and Martin had previously left off, near the beginning of the book of Mosiah. But in May, as they approached the end of the Book of Mormon as we now have it, they wondered whether they should retranslate the lost portion. To address this question, the Lord gave Joseph Smith another revelation, now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 10. The revelation confirmed Joseph’s fears of a conspiracy: “Behold, satan has put it into their hearts to alter the words which you have caused to be written.” However, the Lord reassured Joseph that He had a long-prepared solution. Joseph was commanded not to retranslate the lost portion but to supplant it with a translation of “the plates of Nephi,” which covered a similar time period. Thus, the Lord would frustrate the plans of the conspirators and fulfill the prayers of the ancient Nephite record keepers, who desired these writings to “come forth unto this people.””

 

1 Nephi is part of the small plates of Nephi which take up 1 Nephi-Omni. Was it the whole of the small plates that was used to replace the Book of Lehi or was it just 1 and 2 Nephi that replaced the Book of Lehi?

Edited May 26, 2018 by Fether

[JohnsonJones]

I don't know.

And do you mean 1st and 2nd Nephi?  (rather than 1 and 3 Nephi...3rd Nephi was not on the small plates from what I've read).

[Fether]

1 hour ago, JohnsonJones said:

I don't know.

And do you mean 1st and 2nd Nephi?  (rather than 1 and 3 Nephi...3rd Nephi was not on the small plates from what I've read).

Yea, my bad. Small plates were 1 Nephi-Omni

Edited May 26, 2018 by Fether

[JohnsonJones]

Just now, Fether said:

Small plates were 1 Nephi-Omni

Yes, as far as I know currently, though with the addendum of Words of Mormon I think.

I'd imagine it was the entirety of the small plates that replaced the first 116 pages, whatever was found upon them.  I imagine there were things written by Lehi, but Nephi also indicates he wrote things on the plates as well.

[Vort]

6 hours ago, Fether said:

1 Nephi is part of the small plates of Nephi which take up 1 Nephi-Omni. Was it the whole of the small plates that was used to replace the Book of Lehi or was it just 1 and 2 Nephi that replaced the Book of Lehi?

It was the whole of the small plates.