Ammon refers to the object used in translating ancient records as "interpreters."

Date
121 BC
Type
Book
Source
Ammon
Ancient
Hearsay
Standard Works
Reference

Mosiah 8:13, 18, Book of Mormon, (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2013), November 20, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
People
Ammon
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date; and it is a gift from God. And the things are called interpreters, and no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish. And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer. . . .

Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith, might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to his fellow beings.

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