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2 Nephi 5:12 · 1 Nephi 18:12

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Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 5:12
"the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord"
Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 18:12
"the compass, which had been prepared of the Lord"

Shared words: of the Lord

The word 'compass' occurs in the 1-2 Nephi text only at 1 Nephi 18:12, 18:21, and 2 Nephi 5:12 (2 Nephi 7:11/Isaiah 50:11 use 'compass' as a verb), and both 18:12 and 5:12 attach a prepared-relative clause to it — 18:12 reads 'the compass, which had been prepared of the Lord'; 5:12 reads 'the ball, or compass, which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord'. The identification rests on shared wording, not inference. Divergences unique to 5:12 are reported as textual facts.

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