Moses 3: 9

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BOOK OF MOSES

CHAPTER 3

(June—October 1830)

9 And out of the ground made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree, ^anaturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it. And it became also a ^bliving soul. For it was spiritual in the day that I created it; for it remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created it, yea, even all things which I prepared for the use of man; and man saw that it was good for food. And I, the Lord God, planted the ^ctree of life also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Footnotes

9a	Moses 3: 5. 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, ^acreated all things, of which I have spoken, ^bspiritually, before they were ^cnaturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had ^dcreated all the children of men; and not yet a man to till the ^eground; for in ^fheaven ^gcreated I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air;
b	TG Life, Sanctity of.
c	Gen. 2: 9. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the ^asight, and good for ^bfood; the ^ctree of ^dlife also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of ^eknowledge of good and evil. 1 Ne. 11: 25. 25 And it came to pass that I beheld that the ^arod of iron, which my father had seen, was the ^bword of God, which ^cled to the fountain of ^dliving waters, or to the ^etree of life; which waters are a representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of life was a representation of the love of God. 1 Ne. 15: 22 (22, 28, 36). 22 And I said unto them: It was a representation of the ^atree of life. Alma 42: 5 (2-6). 5 For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately, and ^apartaken of the ^btree of life, he would have lived forever, according to the word of God, having no space for repentance; yea, and also the word of God would have been void, and the great plan of salvation would have been frustrated. Moses 4: 28 (28, 31). 28 And I, the Lord God, ^asaid unto mine Only Begotten: Behold, the ^bman is become as one of us to ^cknow good and evil; and now lest he put forth his hand and ^dpartake also of the ^etree of life, and eat and live forever, Abr. 5: 9. 9 And out of the ground made the Gods to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the ^atree of life, also, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.