Sometimes I forget that the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon weren’t chosen by Joseph Smith nor did he show them the record. Also, when Moroni records that Joseph can show the record to those who help bring forth the work that is separate from the promise that unto 3 they will be shown by the power of God. Accordingly, the testimony of the three witnesses is, by divine design, a tool to build testimonies of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and of the restoration. It should remind us that this was the work of God and could never be the concoction of a clever charlatan.
I never noted the symmetry before that when they started their journey the number of friends of Jared and his brother was 22 and by the end of their lives Jared alone had 22 children. This people was started by at most 13 couples (if 22 did not include Jared, his brother, or their families and if it was made up of 11 separate couples).
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