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English
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Liahona
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Encyclopedia of Mormonism
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New York, NY
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Macmillan
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"The Liahona was a compass or director 'prepared by the hand of the Lord' for the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi as he and his family traveled in the wilderness (2 Ne. 5:12). It was shown to the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Three Witnesses in 1829 along with the Book of Mormon plates (D&C 17:1). The Liahona was also understood as a symbol for the words of Christ: 'For just as surely as this [Liahona] did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the Promised Land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us into a far better land of promise' (Alma 37:45)."
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https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Liahona