And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.
A curious turn of phrase: things "written out of the book". Normally we would say that the things written "in" the book will be of great worth. But in this case, the world does not have the book itself, meaning the gold plates, nor the actual words in the book, but we have the words Joseph Smith took out of the book and translated into the Book of Mormon. So subtle, so clever, so true!
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