Bushman 2020, pp. 193, 199. Quotations are, in order, 1 Nephi 5:12 and 1 Nephi 4:16. Bushman, Richard Lyman (2020). "Nephi's Project: The Gold Plates as Book History". In Mackay, Michael Hubbard; Ashurst-McGee, Mark; Hauglid, Brian M. (eds.). Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity. University of Utah Press. ISBN9781607817390.
Millet 1989, p. 210. Quotation is from Helaman 8:19–20. Millet, Robert L. (1989). "The Influence of the Brass Plates on the Teachings of Nephi". The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, the Doctrinal Structure. Religious Studies Center. pp. 207–225. ISBN0-8849-4699-1.