I don’t think it was news to Lehi when the Lord said that the people sought to take away his life. He probably knew but thought some combination of: 1) the Lord would protect him, 2) he had been called to testify to them, or 3) he didn’t want to abandon Jerusalem. The Lord acknowledged the situation and accepted the work that Lehi had done in testifying before calling upon him to take his family and flee.
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