Ether 12:38 · Mormon 9:35
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Both ends are MORONI'S OWN VOICE across his two books: at Mormon 9:35 he states the writing's purpose - 'these things are written that we may rid our garments of the blood of our brethren, who have dwindled in unbelief' - and at Ether 12:38, taking farewell before the judgment-seat, he declares the office discharged: 'my garments are not spotted with your blood.' The same writer, the same blood-cleansing office, stated on both sides of the book seam - the last keeper making Jacob's founding formula (Jacob 1:19, see eth-nv-garments-not-spotted) his own. Distinct verse-pair from eth-nv-garments-not-spotted (shared near-end, different far-end). The rid-idiom's other carriers (Mosiah 2:28; 2 Nephi 9:44; Jacob 2:2 with 'sins' in place of blood) are disclosed, not registered.