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Based on your readings and your study of the Book of Mormon at home, at church, and in seminary, write down what you value most about the Book of Mormon. The following questions might help.

Write the answer to the following questions by posting on Padlet:

Why are you grateful the Book of Mormon was preserved?

What have you learned about the prophets the Lord called to bring us the Book of Mormon?

What will you do to show the Lord how much you value the Book of Mormon?

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After Mormon died in battle (see Mormon 8:3), Moroni kept and wrote more in the record his father had made on plates of gold.

Read Mormon 8:1–5 and the title page of the Book of Mormon, looking for why the Book of Mormon was written and preserved.

What can we learn about the purpose of the Book of Mormon?

Write your answers by making a post on Padlet.

One truth we can learn is ________________________.

How has the Book of Mormon influenced your desire to follow Jesus Christ?

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Think about what you know about the gold plates and what you think they might be worth. Read what Joseph Smith experienced when he first received the gold plates from Moroni.

After Joseph brought the gold plates home, treasure seekers tried for weeks to steal them. To keep the record safe, he had to move it from place to place, hiding the plates under the hearth, beneath the floor of his father’s shop, and in piles of grain. He could never let his guard down. (Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, vol. 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 [2018], 43)

What stands out to you from this account?

Read Mormon 8:14, looking for what Moroni said about the plates.

What do you think Moroni meant when he said the plates were “of no worth” but “the record thereof is of great worth”? What can we learn from this?

One truth we can learn is _____________________________.

List a few verses, teachings, or stories from the Book of Mormon that you feel are of great worth. Explain why these are valuable to you or others. Make your post to Padlet.

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Reflect on what you know about Joseph Smith as a young man. Can you think of reasons why God might have chosen Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon?

Read Mormon 8:15–16, 26, looking for what Moroni taught about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.

What truths can we learn about how the Book of Mormon came to light? (Add a comment on Padlet to answer this question.)

One truth we can learn is that ______________________________.

Write down at least one or two things you know about Joseph Smith translating the Book of Mormon.

(See Church History Topics, “Book of Mormon Translation,”

history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org or

Gospel Topics, “Book of Mormon Translation,” history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.)