Mosiah 1:3

And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, saying, My sons, I would that ye should remember, that were it not for these plates, which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered in ignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God:

He also taught them about the records written on the brass plates. He said: My sons, I want you to remember something. If we didn’t have these plates with these records and God’s rules, we would not know anything about God’s secrets.

He taught them about the brass plates and said, “My sons, remember this: without these plates—these records and commandments—we would be stumbling around in the dark right now, knowing nothing about the ways of God.