1 Nephi 8:19 · 1 Nephi 11:25
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Lehi beholds 'a rod of iron' running along the riverbank to the tree (8:19); the vision glosses it: 'the rod of iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life' (11:25). Reinforced again when Nephi answers his brothers at 15:23-24 ('the rod of iron … it was the word of God').