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we will not have him to

       be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren,

       to rule over this people.

      2 Nephi 5:4

       4 Now I do not write upon these plates all the words which they

       murmured against me. But it sufficeth me to say, that they did

       seek to take away my life.

      2 Nephi 5:5

       5 And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi,

       should depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all

       those who would go with me.

      2 Nephi 5:6

       6 Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family,

       and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and

       his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also

       my sisters, and all those who would go with me. And all those

       who would go with me were those who believed in the warnings and

       the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my

       words.

      2 Nephi 5:7

       7 And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible

       for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of many

       days. And after we had journeyed for the space of many days we

       did pitch our tents.

      2 Nephi 5:8

       8 And my people would that we should call the name of the place

       Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

      2 Nephi 5:9

       9 And all those who were with me did take upon them to call

       themselves the people of Nephi.

      2 Nephi 5:10

       10 And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes,

       and the commandments of the Lord in all things according to the

       law of Moses.

      2 Nephi 5:11

       11 And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper exceedingly; for

       we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance. And we

       began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.

      2 Nephi 5:12

       12 And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were

       engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass,

       which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord,

       according to that which is written.

      2 Nephi 5:13

       13 And it came to pass that we began to prosper exceedingly, and

       to multiply in the land.

      2 Nephi 5:14

       14 And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after the

       manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people

       who were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us;

       for I knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who

       were called my people.

      2 Nephi 5:15

       15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in

       all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and

       of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which

       were in great abundance.

      2 Nephi 5:16

       16 And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it

       after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built

       of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon

       the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's

       temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the

       temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly

       fine.

      2 Nephi 5:17

       17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be

       industrious, and to labor with their hands.

      2 Nephi 5:18

       18 And it came to pass that they would that I should be their

       king. But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king;

       nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my

       power.

      2 Nephi 5:19

       19 And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my

       brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be their

       ruler and their teacher. Wherefore, I had been their ruler and

       their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until

       the time they sought to take away my life.

      2 Nephi 5:20

       20 Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he spake

       unto me, saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy

       words they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. And

       behold, they were cut off from his presence.

      2 Nephi 5:21

       21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a

       sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had

       hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto

       a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and

       delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the

       Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

      2 Nephi 5:22

       22 And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they shall be

       loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their

       iniquities.

      2 Nephi 5:23

       23 And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their

       seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And

       the Lord spake it, and it was done.

      2 Nephi 5:24

       24 And because of their cursing which was upon them they did

       become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did

       seek in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

      2 Nephi 5:25

       25 And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge unto

       thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as

       they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall

       scourge them even unto destruction.

      2 Nephi 5:26

       26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and

       Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of

       my people.

      2 Nephi 5:27

      

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