The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 7:9

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Now this secret combination which had brought so great iniquity upon the people, did gather themselves together, and did place at their head a man whom they did call Jacob;

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Now this secret combination, which had brought so great iniquity upon the people, did gather themselves together, and did place at their head a man whom they did call Jacob;

Simple English

This secret group that had brought so much evil upon the people gathered together. They chose a man named Jacob to be their head.

Paraphrase

This secret group that had brought so much evil upon the people gathered together and put a man named Jacob at their head.