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KnoWhy topical index — E and F — Book of Mormon Central


Book of Mormon Central, a wonderful resource for all types of Book of Mormon information, has a series of articles dealing with various topics in the Book of Mormon.  They are referred to as ‘KnoWhy’ articles.  These articles can be referenced at ‘bookofmormoncentral.org‘.  Following is a topical index of articles starting with the letters E and F.

Index One – topical index  – E and F                                                                                                          Click here to return to the Scriptures index page

  • Earth:  Why do so many people in the Book of Mormon fall to the earth as if dead? — #733, May 27, 2024
  • Earth’s millennial glory:  Why does the Lord compare the Earth’s millennial glory to the Mount of Transfiguration? —  #795, June 3, 2025
  • East Wind:  Why did Abinadi warn the people of an east wind? —  #560, May 5, 2020
  • Easy to join:  Why was it easy to join a church in Joseph Smith’s day?  —  #589, January 11, 2021
  • Egypt:  Why were particular plagues sent against Egypt in Old Testament times? — #631, March 31, 2022
  • Egyptian: Did the ancient Israelites write in Egyptian? — #4, January 5, 2016
  • Elders of the Jews:  Who were the elders of the Jews mentioned by Zoram? — #464, September 4, 2018
  • Election of judges:  How were judges elected in the Book of Mormon?  — #107, March 28, 2016
  • Elect lady:   Why was Emma Smith called an ‘elect lady”?  —  #782, March 11, 2025
  • Elephants:  Why does the Book of Mormon mention elephants, cureloms, and cumoms? — #764, November 19, 2024
  • Elijah’s coming:  Why did Moroni quote Malachi’s prophecy about Elijah’s coming? —  #591, January 21, 2021
  • Emma Smith:   Why was Emma Smith called an ‘elect lady”?  —  #782, March 11, 2025
  • Emmaus:  Why did Christ appear to two disciples on the road to Emmaus? — #677, June 27, 2023
  • End of Time:  What do Nephi and Isaiah say about ‘the end of time’? — #46, March 3, 2016
  • Enduring trials and travail:  How did Moroni endure the travails and trials of his days? —  #766, December 3, 2024
  • Enemy to God:  What makes mankind an ‘enemy to God’? — #505, March 7, 2019
  • Engraving:  Why was Coriantumr’s record engraved on a ‘large stone’? — #77, April 13,2016
  • Escape plan:  Why did king Limhi think Gideon’s escape plan would work? — #100, May 16, 2016
  • Establishment of the LDS Church:  How did the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 comply with the law? — #598, October 8, 2021
  • Ether, book of:  Why was the name of the brother of Jared not included in the book of Ether? — #762, November 12, 2024
  • Ether, book of:   Why are the plains of Heshlon crucial to the book of Ether? — #765, November 26, 2024
  • Evangelist:  What is an evangelist? — #692, October 5, 2023
  • Exact wording:   Why did Moroni provide the exact wording of priesthood ordinances in his writings? —  #587, December 2, 2020
  • Exaltation:  What did early Christians teach about exaltation? — #701, November 28, 2023
  • Execution:  Why was Zemnarihah executed by hanging? — #752, September 17, 2024
  • Exhaustion:  Why are people exhausted by powerful spiritual experiences? —  #460, August 21, 2018
  • Exhortations:   Why did Moroni conclude the Book of Mormon with so many exhortations? —  #588, December 17, 2020
  • Exiled:  How did the people of Jacob and the people of Ezekiel respond to being exiled? — #719, February 20, 2024
  • Exodus narrative:  Why does the Book of Mormon refer to the Exodus narrative? — #516, May 16, 2019
  • Eyes, spiritual:  Why did Martin Harris sometimes say he saw the Book of Mormon plates with spiritual eyes? —  #775 , January 28, 2025
  • Ezekiel:  How did the people of Jacob and the people of Ezekiel respond to being exiled? — #719, February 20, 2024
  • Ezekiel:  Why did Ezekiel prophesy that the Great and Abominable Church would be destroyed? —  #784, March 25, 2025
  • Faggots:  Why was Abinadi scourged with faggots? — #96, May 9, 2016
  • Faith:  How can barley in the Book of Mormon feed faith? — #87, April 27, 2016
  • Faith:   How does the ‘Mosiah-First’ translation sequence strengthen faith?  — #503, February 22, 2019
  • Faith:  How did the apostle Paul understand faith? — #684, August 15, 2023
  • Faith, mystery of:  What is the mystery of faith, mentioned by Paul? — #696, October 24, 2023
  • Faithfulness:  How are faithfulness and grace connected to the right hand of fellowship? — #690, September 26, 2023
  • Faithful to the Book of Mormon:   Why did Hiram page remain faithful to the Book of Mormon?  —   #599, October 8, 2021
  • Fall:  Why do so many people in the Book of Mormon fall to the earth as if dead? — #733, May 27, 2024
  • Fall of Adam:  What are the origins of Lehi’s understanding of the Fall of Adam? — #28, February 8, 2016
  • Familiar spirit:  How are the words of the Book of Mormon like “…one that hath a familiar spirit…”? — #491, December 6, 2018
  • Family of God:  How does the epistle to the Hebrews describe the family of God? — #697, October 31, 2023
  • Family of Joseph Smith:  How did Joseph Smith’s family testify of the First Vision? —  #772, January 14, 2025
  • Family prayer:  Why should you have family prayer?  — #579, October 6, 2020
  • Famine:   What caused the famine in the 73rd year of the reign of the Judges?  — #750, September 5, 2024
  • Father:  How is Christ both the Father and the Son? — #92, May 4, 2016
  • Father, The:  Why does the Father say “Hear Ye Him”? —  #578, September 15, 2020
  • Fayette, New York:  Why was the Church organized in Fayette, New York?  — #781, March 4, 2025
  • Fellowship:  How are faithfulness and grace connected to the right hand of fellowship? — #690, September 26, 2023
  • Festivals, autumn:  Did Jacob refer to ancient Israelite autumn festivals? — #32, February 12, 2016
  • Fiery darts:  What are the ‘fiery darts of the adversary’ spoken of by Nephi? — #18, January 25, 2016
  • Fire:  Why do the scriptures compare hell to an unquenchable fire? — #81, April 18, 2016
  • First Vision:  How did Joseph Smith’s family testify of the First Vision? —  #772, January 14, 2025
  • Flaxen cord:  Why did Nephi say that Satan leads sinners around by a ‘flaxen cord’? — #551, February 25, 2020
  • Focal point:  Why has 3 Nephi been called “the focal point, the supreme moment” in the Book of Mormon? — #201, October 4, 2016
  • Formats:   What materials and formats did Nephite record keepers write on?  —  #737, June 25, 2024
  • Forty Day Literature:  How does 3 Nephi dovetail with the so-called ‘Forty Day Literature’? — #756, October 8, 2024
  • Forty days:  What might Jesus have taught his apostles for forty days? — #678, July 3, 2023
  • Foundation:  How can we build our foundation on a ‘rock’? — #659, February 21, 2023
  • Friend:  What do the parables of the importuning friend and widow teach us about prayer? —  #662, April 18, 2023
  • Fruit, white fruit:  What fruit is white? — #10, January 13, 2015
  • Funeral speech:   Why does Helaman chapters 7 and 8 feel like a funeral speech? — #575, August 25, 2020
  • Future events:  Why did Book of Mormon prophets speak of future events as if they had already happened? — #95, May 8, 2016

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