5:26 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.
5:27 And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness.
5:28 And thirty years had passed away from the time we left Jerusalem.
5:29 And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates, which I had made, of my people thus far.
5:30 And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me: Make other plates; and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.
5:31 Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the commandments of the Lord, went and made these plates upon which I have engraven these things.
5:32 And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God. And if my people are pleased with the things of God they will be pleased with mine engravings which are upon these plates.
5:33 And if my people desire to know the more particular part of the history of my people they must search mine other plates.
5:34 And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away, and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.