Comparison of the Book of Mosiah to the Bible
Lincoln Cannon
3 February 2013 (updated 30 August 2024)
Available now is my computed comparison of the Book of Mosiah to the Bible. It consists of 60 pages of side-by-side text comparisons. This is part of the second edition of As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit. Here are some highlights from and observations about this comparison of the Book of Mosiah to the Bible:
- Mosiah 1: 5 references Lamanites like Isaiah 1: 9 references Sodom and Gomorrah
- Mosiah 3: 9-10 combines descriptions of Jesus from Matthew 20: 19 and Mark 10: 34
- Mosiah 5: 2 uses “to do evil, but to do good” like Jeremiah 4: 22, but with the opposite application
- Mosiah 10: 8 describes Lamanites’ attire as Matthew 3: 4 describes John the Baptist’s attire
- Mosiah 12: 21-24 matches Isaiah 52: 7-10
- Mosiah 12: 34-36, 13: 12-24 closely matches Exodus 20: 2-17 and less closely matches Deuteronomy 5: 6-21
- Mosiah 14: 1-12 closely matches Isaiah 53: 1-12
- Mosiah 15: 29-31 closely matches Isaiah 52: 8-10
- Mosiah 16: 8, 10 uses language from 1 Corinthians 15: 53-56
Editions of Computed Comparisons of the Book of Mormon to the Bible
I have published multiple editions of my work comparing the text of the Book of Mormon to that of the Bible. The first edition was computer-assisted and published by Brigham Young University in 1998. The second edition was computer-generated in 2006, and ultimately served as the basis for the Discerner project in 2015. Below is a list of articles and websites that provide more information about and access to each of the editions, as well as related comparisons:
- As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit (First Edition) at BYU
- Comparison of the First Book of Nephi to the Bible (Second Edition)
- Comparison of the Second Book of Nephi to the Bible (Second Edition)
- Comparison of the Book of Jacob to the Bible (Second Edition)
- Comparison of the Book of Mosiah to the Bible (Second Edition)
- As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit (Second Edition)
- Comparison of Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) to Bible (KJV 1769) at Discerner
- Comparison of Bible (KJV 1769) to Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) at Discerner
- Self-Comparison of Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) at Discerner
- Self-Comparison of Bible (KJV 1769) at Discerner