The Book of Mormon

Alma 63:12

1830 Edition

Now behold, all those engravings which were in the possession of Helaman, were written and sent forth among the children of men throughout all the land, save it were those parts which had been commanded by Alma should not go forth.

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Now behold, all those engravings which were in the possession of Helaman, were written and sent forth among the children of men throughout all the land, save it were those parts which had been commanded by Alma should not go forth.

Simple English

All the writings that Helaman had were written down and sent out to all the people in the land. But some parts that Alma said not to share were kept back.

Paraphrase

All the engravings that Helaman had were copied and shared throughout the land—except for the parts Alma had commanded should not be made public.