Bible:
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. (1 chronicles 23: 1-2)
And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king; For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly while attempting to speak unto you; but the Lord God doth support me, and hath suffered me that I should speak unto you, and hath commanded me that I should declare unto you this day, that my son Mosiah is a king and a ruler over you. (Mosiah 2: 29-30)
Bible:
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. (Numbers 26: 63)
Book of Mormon:
And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments. And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little children, but who had entered into the covenant . . . (Mosiah 6:1-2)
Using the time when the civil authority is passing from one king to the next to number and organize the priests and other spiritual authority.
Bible:
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand (1 Chronicles 23:3)
And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments. And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little children, but who had entered into the covenant . . . (Mosiah 6:1-2)
Bible:
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand (1 Chronicles 23:3)
Book of Mormon:
And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own houses. (Mosiah 6:3)
The Hebrew tradition of a man beginning his life's mission at age 30.
Bible:
See 1 Chronicles quote above.
John the Baptist and Jesus both began their missions at thirty years of age.
Even today, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi begins his service at age thirty.
Book of Mormon:
Bible:
See 1 Chronicles quote above.
John the Baptist and Jesus both began their missions at thirty years of age.
Even today, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi begins his service at age thirty.
Book of Mormon:
And Mosiah began to reign in his father’s stead. And he began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem (Mosiah 6:4)
One or even two of these similarities could be coincidence, but the Book of Mormon is full of such cultural Hebraism. Once you begin to search for them you will find them everywhere.
Text copyright July 2013, Gebara Education
Pictures:
King David in old age from www.turnview.com
Moses numbering Israel from www.oztorah.com
King David instructing Joab to number Israel from www.etc.usf.edu
John the Baptist and Jesus Christ from multiple sources on the web.
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