When Nephi left his brothers he had more people with him that Lehi did when he first left Jerusalem. (Zoram, Jacob, Joseph, and the wives of Nephi, Sam, and Zoram not than compensate for Laman and Lemuel plus there were probably enough new children to exceed whatever number of people the family of Ishmael contributed to the expanded group.)
When Nephi says that the temple he built was after the manner of the temple of Solomon he was probably referring to the floorplan not than anything else.
Through their industry his people were probably fairly comfortable within only a couple of years of breaking from the larger group.
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