 It is about 600 BC, and the prophet Lehi and his family are living in the wilderness outside of Jerusalem. God commands Lehi to send his sons back to the city to obtain sacred records from Laban, a wicked and powerful man. Based on actual events as recorded in the Book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ. Yes, Nephi, come in, sit with me. The Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem. Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a genealogy of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass. Thou and thy brother should go under the house of Laban and seek the records and bring them down hither into the wilderness. You're supposed Laban and Lamb you'll have refused? They murmur, saying it is a hard thing, which I have required of them, but I have not required it of them. But it is a commandment of the Lord. I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men. Save ye shall prepare away for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commanded them. Thou hast been blessed of the Lord. I'll depend on you. Which of us shall go? The layman. As the eldest, you have always claimed the right and privilege of being first among us. We will cast lots. As I say. Word of your success. Oh, please, sit, sit. Thank you. Zora, fetch this man someone. That will not be necessary. It is kind, but my visit will be brief. What about him? Tell me, what have you come to discuss with me? My father, Lehigh, has sent me, has commanded us to ask thee for the records which are engraven upon the plates of brass, the records which contain the genealogy of my father. The plates of brass have been handed down in my family for generations. Your father believes I should simply give them to you? And what if I were to cry out, claiming thou art a robber? Then I would be within my rights to slay you, would I not? I... Thou art a robber! I was slaying! Seems you did not fare so well. At least I am alive. Called me a robber, threatened to slay me. Now what shall we do? We return to our father in the wilderness. We will not go down to our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us. Nephi, I tried. He will not give us the plates. Wait, let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance. He has left gold and silver in all manner of riches. He knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed because of the wickedness of the people. And it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records. That we may preserve into our children the language of our fathers. And also that we may preserve unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets. Come in. It grows cold. The Lord will not forsake them. A visionary man, thou has led us forth from the land of our inheritance. And my sons are no more, and now we perish in the wilderness. I have not seen what you have seen. I cannot help but fear for their lives. Soraya, I know I am a visionary man. For if I had not seen the things of God in the vision, I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem and had perished with my brother. I know the Lord will deliver our sons out of the hands and bring them down again unto us. Once again the Lord has commanded us to ask for the records which are engraven upon the plates of brass, for which we will give unto you our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things. Zoran, it's beautiful. Beautiful. I am quite pleased with your generous honor. What thieves are thieves in my house? You are the thieves! Slay them! Slay them all! We must go back. We cannot disappoint Father or the Lord. You are a spite your younger brother with a rod. Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you. It is because of your iniquities. Behold, ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands. How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands? He is a mighty man. He can command fifty. Yea, even he can slay fifty. Then why not us? Let us go up again into Jerusalem. Let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord. He is mightier than all of the earth. Then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty? Or even then his tens of thousands. Let us be strong like unto Moses. He truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea, and they divided it, and our fathers came through out of captivity on dry ground. Nephi, this is not the same! An angel hath spoken unto you! Wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go up. The Lord is able to deliver us. He even has our fathers. Nephi, if Laban or any of his God catch you, they will kill you. Stay here, hide yourselves until I return. God be with you. Thou must kill Laban. Never, at any time, if I shed the blood of man. Thou hath delivered him into thy hands. Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked. To bring forth his righteous purposes, it is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief. Master Laban, have ye returned already? Zoram, go with me into the treasury. As you wish. And how fair are the elders of the Jews this evening. I know that you have been out by night among them. I shall carry the engravings which are upon the plates of brass to my elder brethren who are without the walls. Of course, Master Laban, thank you. Come with me to meet my brethren. Of course, Master Laban, thank you. Laban. It's Laban. The other was him, isn't Nephi? No. Laban, Lemuel Sam, it is I, Nephi! Still, if you will harden unto my words as the Lord liveth, and as I live, we will spare your life. I speak unto you even with an oath that you need not fear. If you go down into the wilderness with us, you will be a free man. The Lord hath commanded us to do this thing. And if you will come down into the wilderness to the tent of my Father, thou shalt have place with us. I promise thee, I will go down into the wilderness unto thy Father. I make an oath with thee. I will tarry with thee from this time forth. You've obtained the place, Father. Now I know of assurity that the Lord hath commanded my husband to flee into the wilderness. And I also know of assurity that the Lord hath protected my sons and delivered them out of the hands of Laban and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath commanded them. Come, we must offer sacrifice and burn offerings unto the Lord and give thanks unto the God of Israel. You contain the five books of Moses and an account of Adam and Eve, our first parents. Also the prophecies of the holy prophets. Look, the genealogy of my fathers. I am a descendant of Joseph. Even that same Joseph, who was the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, has shown me that these plates of brass shall go forth unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who are of my seed. It is wisdom in the Lord that we should have them. They are of great worth unto us in so much that we can preserve the commandments of the Lord. Unto our children.