The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 20:16

1830 Edition

Now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter; therefore he saith, I will search among my people, and whosoever hath done this thing shall perish. Therefore he caused a search to be made among his people.

Changes

NAnd now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter; therefore he saith,d: I will search among my people, and whosoever haths done this thing shall perish. Therefore he caused a search to be made among his people.

Simple English

Limhi had not heard about this. So he said: “I will search among my people. Whoever did this will die.” Then he ordered his people to be searched.

Paraphrase

Limhi had heard nothing about this. “I’ll search among my people,” he promised. “Whoever did this will die.” He ordered a search to begin.