The Book of Mormon

Alma 18:28

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~90 BC

1830 Edition

And Ammon saith, this is God. And Ammon saith unto him again, Believest thou that this Great Spirit, which is God, created all things, which is in Heaven and in the Earth?

Influences

View of the Hebrews 1823 page 77
"Those far distant savages have (as have all other tribes) their Great Spirit, who made everything."
Ephesians 3:9 (KJV)
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

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And Ammon saith,d: tThis is God. And Ammon saithd unto him again,: Believest thou that this Great Spirit, whicho is God, created all things, which isare in Hheaven and in the Eearth?

Simple English

Ammon said, 'This is God.' Ammon said to him again, 'Do you believe that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things that are in Heaven and in the Earth?'

Paraphrase

"That Great Spirit is God," Ammon said. Then he asked again: "Do you believe this Great Spirit—this God—created everything in heaven and on earth?"