The Book of Mormon

Ether 3:6

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones, one by one, with his finger; and the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord, for he was struck with fear.

Changes

And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said these words, behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones, one by one, with his finger;. aAnd the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood; and the brother of Jared fell down before the Lord, for he was struck with fear.

Simple English

When the brother of Jared finished speaking, the Lord reached out his hand. He touched the stones one by one with his finger. The brother of Jared could see things he couldn’t see before. He saw the Lord’s finger. It looked like a man’s finger with flesh and blood. The brother of Jared fell down because he was scared.

Paraphrase

When the brother of Jared finished speaking, the Lord reached out his hand and touched the stones, one by one, with his finger. In that moment, the veil was pulled back from the brother of Jared’s eyes. He saw the Lord’s finger—and it looked like a human finger, with flesh and blood. He fell to the ground, overcome with fear.