The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 25:2

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~559–545 BC

1830 Edition

For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things concerning the manner of the Jews; for their works were works of darkness, and their doings were doings of abominations.

Influences

John 19:40 (KJV)
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Romans 13:12 (KJV)
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Simple English

I have not taught them much about the Jewish ways. This is because their works were dark. What they did was bad.

Paraphrase

I haven’t taught them much about the Jewish way of doing things. Their practices were full of darkness and twisted rituals.