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Moses 4:11 · 2 Nephi 2:18

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Pearl of Great Price Moses 4:11
"ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil"
Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 2:18
"ye shall not die, but ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil"

Shared words: knowing good and evil

The serpent's promise in Eden. Substantive divergence is number: plural 'gods' (Moses 4:11) vs singular 'God' (2 Nephi 2:18). The clause runs through a corpus family: the serpent's promise at Moses 4:11 and 2 Nephi 2:18, and the outcome Alma states at Alma 42:3 ('the man had become as God, knowing good and evil') and Alma 12:31 ('becoming as gods, knowing good from evil' -- 'from', not 'and'). Wording variants shown, not harmonized.

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