[13]. Mosiah 8:8-11, also Helaman 3:6.
[14]. Mosiah 7:8-11. These plates were afterwards translated by the Nephite King, Mosiah, who was a seer; that is, one who could use Urim and Thummim. The record which he translated gave an account of the people who were destroyed, "from the time they were destroyed back to the building of the great Tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people. * * * Yea, and even from that time until the creation of Adam." (Mosiah 28:11, 17). Subsequently Moroni gave an abridged translation of the same record which he called the "Book of Ether," Ether being the name of the prophet who wrote the book so translated.
[15]. See the whole Book of Ether.
[16]. Ether 10:21.
[17]. Ether 9:1-3.
[18]. Ether 9:9.
[19]. See foot note to Ether 9:3.
[20]. Ether 10:21.
[21]. Ether 10:21.
[22]. Ether 9:16-20.