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2 Nephi 25:20 · Alma 33:21

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Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 25:20
"if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them"
Book of Mormon Alma 33:21
"if ye could be healed by merely casting about your eyes that ye might be healed, would ye not behold quickly"

Shared words: eyes

The 'cast … eyes' gaze-verb for looking on the raised type, shared across two books. Alma 33:21-22 turns the historical type into direct appeal ('cast about your eyes and begin to believe in the Son of God'). Companion to alma-serpent-look-perish.

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