was known to the Hebrews, has been entirely lost, the Jews themselves
scrupulously avoiding every mention of it, and substituting in its stead
one or other of the words with whose proper vowel-points it may happen
to be written [_Adonai_, Lord, or _Elohim_, God].... According to Jewish
tradition it was pronounced but once a year by the high priest on the
day of atonement when he entered the Holy of Holies; but on this point
there is some doubt."
FOOTNOTES:
[67] See "God and the Godhead," in the author's "Articles of Faith,"
lecture ii.
[68] Gen. 1:26; and 3:22.
[69] P. of G.P., Moses 2:26; and 4:28.
[70] P. of G.P., Abraham, chaps. 4 and 5.
[71] See page 10; John 1:1; and P. of G.P., Moses 1:32.
[72] Heb. 1:1, 2; see also 1 Cor. 8:6.
[73] Colos. 1:16, 17.
[74] John 1:1-3.
[75] B. of M., Helaman 14:12; see also Mosiah 3:8; 4:2: Alma 11:39.
[76] B. of M., 3 Nephi 9:15.
[77] B. of M., 3 Nephi 15:4, 5.
[78] Doc. and Cov. 45:1.
[79] Doc. and Cov. 14:9; see also 29:1, 31; 76:24.
[80] Exo. 20:7; Lev. 19:12; Deut. 5:11.
[81] Note 1, end of chapter.
[82] Matt. 1:21; see also verses 23, 25; Luke 1:31.
[83] John 1:41; 4:25.
[84] Luke 1:31; 2:21; Matt. 1:21, 25; see also verse 23 and compare Isa.
7:14; Luke 2:11. See further P. of G.P., Moses 6:51, 57; 7:20; 8:24. B.
of M., 1 Nephi 10:4; 2 Nephi 10:3; Mosiah 3:8.
[85] The name appears thus in Gen. 2:5; see also Exo. 6:2-4; and read
for comparison Gen. 17:1; 35:11.
[86] Exo. 3:13, 14; compare with respect to the fact of eternal duration
expressed in this name, Isa. 44:6; John 8:58; Colos. 1:17; Heb. 13:8;
Rev. 1:4; see also P. of G.P., Moses 1:3 and the references there given.
[87] Exo. 6:2, 3. Note 2, end of chapter.
[88] Rev. 1:11, 17; 2:8; 22:13; compare Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12.
[89] John 8:58.
[90] Lev. 24:16. Note 3, end of chapter.
[91] Isa. 6:8-11; and compare John 12:40, 41.
[92] Zech. 12:10; compare John 19:37.
[93] The singular, "Eloah," appears only in poetic usage.
[94] B. of M., 3 Nephi 11:13, 14; also 1 Nephi 17:40 and observe from
verse 30 that the Redeemer is here spoken of as the God who delivered
Israel. See further Mosiah 7:19. Chapter 39 herein.
[95] P. of G.P., Moses 1:6, 31-33; 2:1; 4:2, 3; 6:57; compare 7:35, 39,
47, 53-59; 8:16, 19, 23, 24; Abraham 3:22-28. See chapter 5 herein.
[96] Matt. 3:17; also Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22.
[97] Matt. 17:5; Luke 9:35.
[98] John 12:28.
[99] B. of M.,
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