Alma 10:2
1830 Edition
I am Amulek; I am the son of Giddonah, who was the son of Ishmael, who was a descendant of Aminadi: and it was that same Aminadi which interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, which was written by the finger of God.—
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Simple English
I am Amulek. I am the son of Giddonah. He was the son of Ishmael. He was a descendant of Aminadi. Aminadi read the writing on the wall of the temple. God’s finger had written it.
Paraphrase
'I’m Amulek, son of Giddonah, son of Ishmael, descended from Aminadi. Aminadi was the one who read the writing on the temple wall—the writing God himself put there with his finger.
Notes
"The Book of Mormon also borrows from Old Testament books written after 600 B.C. For instance, the Book of Daniel seems to have had some influence on the Book of Mormon. When Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego were cast into the 'fiery furnace,' they were seen 'walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt;... (Daniel 3:25). The Book of Mormon tells that Nephi and Lehi 'were encircled about as if by fire,' and they were 'as standing in the midst of fire, and were not burned' (Helaman 5:23). Later in the Book of Mormon it tells of Nephites who 'were cast into a furnace' and also, like Daniel, thrown into 'a den of wild beasts' (3 Nephi 28:21-22). In the book of Daniel we read that a hand wrote upon the wall and that Daniel interpreted the writing (Daniel 5:5). In the Book of Mormon we read that Aminadi 'interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, which was written by the finger of God' (Alma 10:2)." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 20.