GaleG 21 Report post Posted February 9 Hello, I had some questions on this section. 1 Nephi 17:2 says "And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon (b)raw (c)meat in the wilderness ..." 'Raw' is linked to verse 12 - "For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not". 'Meat' is linked to a passage in the Old Testament. "And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host". Does this linked reference imply God wanted the Israelites in the exodus from Egypt to eat raw quail? In the Old or New Testaments, did God ever allow the Israelites to eat uncooked meat? 1 Nephi 17:4 says they journeyed many years in the wilderness and then specifically mentions 8 years. Then verse 7 says that the word of the Lord came to Nephi after he was in the land of Bountiful for many days. Verse 20 makes another reference to being led in the wilderness for many years. 1 Nephi 18:9 makes another reference to being blown by the wind towards the promised land for many days. If 'many years' is 8 years, how many days is 'many days'? Thank you, Gale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vort 14366 Report post Posted February 9 In the (KJV) Bible, the word "meat" means "food" in every case. What we call "meat" is identified in the KJV as "flesh". This is in accordance with English word usage in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, where "meat" meant simply something you eat, not necessarily animal flesh (from Old English mete ‘food’ or ‘article of food’ (as in sweetmeat ), of Germanic origin). In Joseph Smith's translation of the Book of Mormon, he used the word "meat" to mean animal flesh, which by that time was commonly understood in the English-speaking world. I do not believe the "meat" link is meant to suggest that the children of Israel ate their quails uncooked. Rather, it just points up another incident where God supplied his wandering people with animal flesh for food. "Many days" is an indeterminate number. In my estimation, it generally implies months or years, not just weeks. When the Book of Moses tells us that Adam sacrificed for "many days" before the angel came, I assume that means years, not merely weeks or months. 5 Traveler, Jane_Doe, Anddenex and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zil 11212 Report post Posted February 9 @GaleG, There's a book called "Lehi in the Desert", which you can read online for free at that link, which gives a lot of cultural / historic / geographic background information, making it easier to understand the story at the start of the Book of Mormon. (The other 2/3 of that book cover similar things about the people in the book of Ether (later in the Book of Mormon).) Just mentioning in case you want to read. It's a very easy read, much like reading a novel. 3 Jane_Doe, Traveler and Vort reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaleG 21 Report post Posted February 12 On 2/9/2019 at 3:45 PM, zil said: @GaleG, There's a book called "Lehi in the Desert", which you can read online for free at that link, which gives a lot of cultural / historic / geographic background information, making it easier to understand the story at the start of the Book of Mormon. (The other 2/3 of that book cover similar things about the people in the book of Ether (later in the Book of Mormon).) Just mentioning in case you want to read. It's a very easy read, much like reading a novel. Thank you Zil. 1 zil reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mores 1020 Report post Posted March 18 On 2/9/2019 at 1:47 PM, GaleG said: If 'many years' is 8 years, how many days is 'many days'? I don't know. Would it be... 8? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites