Keywords
family structure, Mosiah 2:5, Book of Mormon, Israel-Nephite
Abstract
Mosiah 2:5 provides the reader of the Book of Mormon with new insights about Israelite-Nephite family structure. In a passage set during what John A. Tvedtnes has persuasively argued is the Feast of Tabernacles,1 we read: “And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his family, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest.”
Recommended Citation
Ricks, Stephen D.
(2013)
"A Note on Family Structure in Mosiah 2:5,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 6, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol6/iss1/5
