The Book of Mormon

Ether 13:3

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~600 BC

1830 Edition

and that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of Heaven, and the Holy Sanctuary of the Lord.

Influences

Revelation 21:2 (KJV)
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 3:12 (KJV)
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Changes

aAnd that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of Hheaven, and the Hholy Ssanctuary of the Lord.

Simple English

It was the place of the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem would come down out of Heaven. It would be the Holy Sanctuary of the Lord.

Paraphrase

This was to be the place where the New Jerusalem would come down from heaven—the holy dwelling place of the Lord.