Mosiah 10:13

~180 BC

1830 Edition

And again: That they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea; and all this, because that Nephi was more faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore he was favored of the Lord, for the Lord heard his prayers and answered them, and he took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.

Changes

And again:, Tthat they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea;, and all this, because that Nephi was more faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore he was favored of the Lord, for the Lord heard his prayers and answered them, and he took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.

Simple English

They also thought they were treated badly in their first land after crossing the sea. All of this happened because Nephi obeyed God’s commands better. So the Lord helped Nephi. The Lord heard Nephi’s prayers and answered them. Nephi led them through the wilderness.

Paraphrase

And more: They believed they’d been cheated in their first homeland after crossing the sea. All of this happened, they said, because Nephi obeyed the Lord’s commands more faithfully than they did. The Lord favored him, heard his prayers, and let him lead the journey through the wilderness.

Notes

10:13

"There are thirty-two interesting parallels between material found in three books of the Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon story of Nephi....Interestingly, twenty-eight of the thirty-two parallels to the Apocrypha are found in the first five chapters of the Book of Mormon. This constitutes an extraordinary cluster of similarities..." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 29.

Parallel 8: Both Nephi and Judith were very devout servants of the Lord (see Judith 8:8).

For other parallels, please see: 1 Nephi 1:1, 1 Nephi 1:2, 1 Nephi 1:17, 1 Nephi 4:20-24, 1 Nephi 2:4-6, 1 Nephi 3:3, 1 Nephi 3:16, 1 Nephi 3:25, 1 Nephi 3:31, 1 Nephi 4:1-2, 1 Nephi 4:4-5, 1 Nephi 4:7-9, 1 Nephi 4:18, 1 Nephi 4:19-24 & 38, 1 Nephi 4:20, 1 Nephi 4:27, 1 Nephi 5:9, 1 Nephi 13:40, 2 Nephi 5:8, Mosiah 3:1, Mosiah 10:13, 4 Nephi 1:31.

For a full note on the use of the Apocrypha, please see the annotation at 1 Nephi 1:1.