The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 25:20

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Now this was done because there was so many people that they could not all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all hear the word of God in one assembly;

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Now this was done because there wasere so many people that they could not all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all hear the word of God in one assembly;

Simple English

They did this because there were too many people. One teacher couldn’t lead them all. They couldn’t all meet in one place to hear God’s word.

Paraphrase

This was necessary because there were so many people that one teacher couldn’t lead them all, and they couldn’t all gather in one place to hear God’s word.