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7 And behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me, and he did bring glad tidings to my soul. And behold, I was sent unto you to declare it unto you also, that ye might have glad tidings; but behold ye would not receiveme.

8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Because of the hardness of the hearts of the people of the Nephites, except they repent I will take away my word from them, and I willwithdraw my Spirit from them, and I will suffer them no longer, and I will turn the hearts of their brethren against them.

A 3. Now these are their names who did contend for the judgment-seat, who did also cause the people to contend: Pahoran, Paanchi, and Pacumeni.

                B 4. Now these are not all the sons of Pahoran (for he had many),

A but these are they who did contend for the judgment-seat; therefore, they did cause three divisions among the people.