Plates of Nephi, Small—spiritual history of Nephites, which constitutes the books of 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Jacob, Enos, Jarom, and Omni
See also Nephi1
- Nephi1 abridges record of father upon plates he has made: 1 Ne. 1:17 . ( 1 Ne. 19:1 . )
- Nephi1 does not include genealogy in this part of his record: 1 Ne. 6:1 .
- Nephi1 does not make full account of history on these plates so he can write of things of God: 1 Ne. 6:3 .
- these plates do not contain full account of people, but rather an account of ministry: 1 Ne. 9:2–4 . ( 1 Ne. 10:1 ; 1 Ne. 19:3 ; Jacob 1:1–2 . )
- on plates of ore Nephi1 engraves father’s record, journey in wilderness, father’s prophecies, own prophecies: 1 Ne. 19:1 .
- upon these plates Nephi1 writes things of his soul and scriptures engraven on brass plates: 2 Ne. 4:15 .
- Nephi1 is commanded by the Lord to make and engrave many things for profit of his people: 2 Ne. 5:30–32 .
- Nephi1 instructs Jacob2 to engrave most precious, sacred things on small plates: Jacob 1:1–2, 4 .
- a 100th part of Nephites’ proceedings cannot be written upon these plates: Jacob 3:13 .
- plates of Jacob included among small plates: Jacob 3:14 .
- Jacob2 confers plates upon Enos2: Jacob 7:27 .
- Jarom writes little because plates are small: Jarom 1:2, 14 .
- Jarom instructs Omni to write upon plates: Omni 1:1 .
- Omni delivers plates to Chemish: Omni 1:8–9 .
- Abinadom writes upon plates: Omni 1:10–11 .
- Amaleki1 writes upon plates: Omni 1:12–30 .
- Amaleki1 delivers plates to King Benjamin: Omni 1:25 .
- plates are full: Omni 1:30 .
- after abridging large plates to reign of Benjamin, Mormon2 discovers these plates, which contain small account of prophets: W of M 1:3 .
- small plates contain prophecies of coming of Christ: W of M 1:4 .
- Mormon2 puts small plates with remainder of his record: W of M 1:6 .
- account of things in lost manuscript is contained in plates of Nephi: D&C 10:38–40 .
- engravings on plates of Nephi to be translated: D&C 10:41 .
- things engraven on plates of Nephi throw greater views upon gospel: D&C 10:40, 45 .

