Douglas KiesterNovember 10, 2017

My favorite Book of Mormon blunder is Alma 53:6 where Mormon states that captain Moroni "...had obtained possession of the city of Mulek, which was one of the strongest holds of the Lamanites in the land of Nephi." Everyone knows that Mulek is on the east sea coast, and almost due north of the city of Zarahemla, while the land of Nephi is many miles away due south of the city of Zarahemla. What an obvious silly mistake Mormon made. However, the east wilderness which is the land between Zarahemla and Mulek was heavily populated by Lamanites, "where the Nephites had driven them" at the end of the battle with the Amlicites in Alma 2. That land was so full of Lamanites that for a short period this was called "the land of Nephi" . It was a second land of Nephi much like having a Lincoln in Oregon and another Lincoln in Nebraska. This east wilderness "possession of the Lamanites" explains Alma 50:13 and thus places the city of Moroni northward from Zarahemla on the east sea where it must be for many other reasons, and where it belongs.