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Originally Posted by Justice
So, what did Mormon do? He swapped out his abridgement of Lehi-Amaleki for the Small Plates of Nephi. Watch:
WoMormon:
5 Wherefore, I chose these things (the Small Plates of Nephi), to finish my record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the plates of Nephi; and I cannot write the hundredth part of the things of my people.
6 But behold, I shall take these plates, which contain these prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they will be choice unto my brethren.
He chose the Small Plates of Nephi to use instead of his abridgement, and put them with his abridgement of King Benjamin through 4th Nephi.
Tada! Mystery solved.
Then, he commented on, or filled in the gap between, what happened from Amaleki to King Benjamin, which is what the Words of Mormon are. He tied the Small Plates of Nephi together with his abridgment of King Benjamin till the end, and inserted it between the two for a smooth transition.
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I know this is slightly off topic but Justice said it so I need to correct him.
Are you forgetting the Book of Lehi, the first 116 pages of the Book of Mormon that Joseph translated and subsequently lost?
Mormon did no such thing as swap out his abridgement for the Small Plates. He simply inserted them for a wise purpose. The wise purpose was that the Lord knew Joseph was gonna lose that section. The same section that Nephi also wrote about.
As to your New York Cumorah theory I have to agree with those who have already stated reasons why it is bunk. Everything in the Book of Mormon points to these two hills not being the same. Moroni never named the place he buried the plates.