Joseph Smith—History 1:52 · Mormon 8:16
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Prophecy-and-enactment, offered to weigh. Moroni foretells the record 'brought out of the earth' (Mormon 8:16; repeated 'out of the earth shall they come' at 8:26); Joseph Smith—History narrates the plates dug from a stone box under a stone in a hill (1:51-52). Shared figure (out of the earth) and object (the buried record); no shared distinctive phrase — the account does not use Moroni's words 'out of the earth' — so the link rests on matching motion and object, not wording. Interpretive. Book-of-Mormon side hosted on coming-forth-of-scripture.md.