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2 TRANSLATIONS OF PAPYRUS JOSEPH SMITH XI -- "BOOK OF ABRAHAM" [1:11 -- 1:15] |
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SMITH: Each Egyptian character means THIS: |
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"the, this" | [11] Now, this priest had offered upon this altar three virgins, at one time, who were the daughters of Onitah, one of the royal descent directly from the loins of Ham., These virgins were offered up be cause of their virtue; they would not bow down to worship gods of wood or of stone, therefore they were killed upon this altar, | 326 |
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"pool" |
and it was done after the manner of the Egyptians. [12] And it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me, that they might slay me also,' as they did those virgins' upon this altar, and that you may have a knowledge of this altar, I will refer you to the representation at the commencement of this record. |
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"water" (determinative) |
[13] It was made after the form of a bedstead, such as was had among the Chaldeans,' and it stood before the gods of Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, Korash, and also a god like unto that of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. That you may have an understanding of these gods, I have given you the fashion of them in the figures at the beginning, which manner of the figures is called by the Chaldeans Rahleenos, which signifies hieroglyphics. | 422 |
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"great" | [15] And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me,' and immediately unloosed my bands; | 298 |
![]() Egyptian Scribe. Louvre, Paris. |
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In 1822 Jean François Champollion (1790-1832), |
... At the same time, Joseph Smith, using a SEER STONE founded
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Kryptonian Alphabet: http://www.fortress-of-solitude.net/kryptonian/alturniansky_mirror/K-alphabet.html |
Download:
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The Glyph for Windows DEMO
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The Egyptian 20 Squares Game
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Check it out:
The
Rosetta Stone
JOSEPH SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF FACSIMILE NO. 2
The above was shamelessly pilfered from
By His Own Hand Upon
Papyrus