The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 5:15

1830 Edition

And I did teach my people, that they should build buildings; and that they should 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.

Changes

And I did teach my people, that they should build buildings;, and that they should 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.

Simple English

I taught my people to build buildings. I taught them to work with wood, iron, copper, brass, steel, gold, and silver. We had lots of these things.

Paraphrase

I taught my people to construct buildings and to work with wood, iron, copper, brass, steel, gold, silver, and precious ores—all of which we had in abundance.