Showing posts with label Nephi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nephi. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

External Evidences of the Book of Mormon: Documentary Review: The Lehi Cave with Dr W. Cleon Skousen

 Visit Israel with W. Cleon Skousen: The Lehi Cave, LDS Scriptures, 1986 to VCR and 2001 to DVD.

This is an interesting documentary about the Holy Land and a burial cave that was discovered in 1961.  The interesting thing about the cave is the writing in the cave which has been dated to 600 bc.  It is south of Jerusalem.  The ruins nearby were called Khirbet Beit Lei.  Supposedly an Arab town.  Some of postulated that in Hebrew this means the ruins of the house of Lehi.  However those who take the Arab meaning disagree.  However with the cave writings being from the time of Lehi, and Lehi's name possibly associated with the nearby village.  Thee is also an ancient tree which is regarded as sacred.  Stones have been placed around the tree to keep people away.  IThe story is told of a prophet Lehi teaching his children there.  This may have been a more ancient Lehi.  This has been known as the Land of Lehi since the time of Samson, Lehi meaning jawbone.  

The three statements written were, "Yahveh (is) the God of the whole earth; the mountains of Judah belong to him, to the God of Jerusalem." "The (Mount of) Moriah Thou hast favoured, the dwelling of Yah, Yahveh."  "[Ya]hveh deliver (us)!"  Lehi or Nephi could have written such statements.

With these similarities some have postulatd this may have been Lehis inheritance, outside of Jerusalem.  It may also have been where Nephi and his brothers holed up hiding from Laban, or after Laban's death those who sought his killer.  All speculation but there are places that could have been related to Lehi and his family.