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:But the first mission [back to Jerusalem by Nephi and his brothers] was an exciting and dangerous bit of work in the city itself. It was not undertaken originally as a raid, for we are explicitly told that the young men took their tents with them ({{s|1|Nephi|3|9}}), which was never done on a raid and which showed their intentions to be peaceful and honorable. They went in boldly and openly to Laban and frankly stated their business to him. Yet they were expecting trouble and, in the immemorial and inevitable manner of the desert, drew lots to see who would go in to Laban—they knew their man, and none of them wanted the job! (1 Nephi 3:11).<ref>{{Book:Nibley:CW06|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1107&index=12 Chapter 9], {{sofr}}}}</ref></onlyinclude> | :But the first mission [back to Jerusalem by Nephi and his brothers] was an exciting and dangerous bit of work in the city itself. It was not undertaken originally as a raid, for we are explicitly told that the young men took their tents with them ({{s|1|Nephi|3|9}}), which was never done on a raid and which showed their intentions to be peaceful and honorable. They went in boldly and openly to Laban and frankly stated their business to him. Yet they were expecting trouble and, in the immemorial and inevitable manner of the desert, drew lots to see who would go in to Laban—they knew their man, and none of them wanted the job! (1 Nephi 3:11).<ref>{{Book:Nibley:CW06|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1107&index=12 Chapter 9], {{sofr}}}}</ref></onlyinclude> | ||
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[[Category:Collected Works of Hugh Nibley Vol. 06]] | [[Category:Collected Works of Hugh Nibley Vol. 06]] | ||
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Culture/Old World|Old World]] | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Culture/Old World|Old World]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Bedouin|Bedouin]] | ||
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Politics|Politics]] | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Politics|Politics]] | ||
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Geography/Old World/Jerusalem]] | [[Category:Book of Mormon/Geography/Old World/Jerusalem]] | ||

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