Ether 2:7
~2200 BC
1830 Edition
And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;
Influences
Mark 11:16 (KJV)
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Hebrews 11:9 (KJV)
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Changes
And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people;.
Simple English
The Lord would not let them stop in the wilderness beyond the sea. He wanted them to reach the promised land. This land was the best of all lands. The Lord God had saved it for good people.
Paraphrase
The Lord wouldn’t let them settle in the wilderness beyond the sea. He wanted them to reach the promised land—a land better than any other, a land he had kept for righteous people.