The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 14:25

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but the things which thou shalt see hereafter, thou shalt not write; for the Lord God hath ordained the Apostle of the Lamb of God, that he should write them.

Influences

Revelation 21:14 (KJV)
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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bBut the things which thou shalt see hereafter, thou shalt not write; for the Lord God hath ordained the Aapostle of the Lamb of God, that he should write them.

Simple English

But the things you will see later, you must not write. The Lord God has chosen the apostle of the Lamb of God to write them.

Paraphrase

“But don’t write what you’ll see next. The Lord God has chosen the apostle of the Lamb to write those things.”