The Book of Mormon : an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi : wherefore it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel, and also to Jew and Gentile, written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation ... : an abridgment taken from the book of Ether, also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people ... : and now if there are faults, they are the mistakes of men

"The Book of Mormon : an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi : wherefore it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel, and also to Jew and Gentile, written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation ... : an abridgment taken from the book of Ether, also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people ... : and now if there are faults, they are the mistakes of men"