The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 10:5

1830 Edition

And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil, and work, and work all manner of fine linen; yea, and cloth of every kind, that we might clothe our nakedness; and thus we did prosper in the land; thus we did have continual peace in the land, for the space of twenty and two years.

Changes

And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil, and work, and work all manner of fine linen;, yea, and cloth of every kind, that we might clothe our nakedness; and thus we did prosper in the land; thus we did have continual peace in the land, for the space of twenty and two years.

Simple English

I had the women spin thread and work hard. They made all kinds of nice cloth so we could have clothes to wear. We did well in the land. We had peace for twenty-two years.

Paraphrase

I had the women spinning thread and making fine linen and cloth of all kinds, so we’d have clothes to wear. We thrived in the land. We had unbroken peace for twenty-two years.