-Small plates: spiritual matters, ministry and teachings of the prophets
-Large plates: secular history of the people. After Mosiah, these plates included items of major spiritual importance.
The plates of Mormon:
-An abridgment by Mormon of the Large Plates of Nephi, including commentaries by Mormon. Include a continuation of the history of the people by Mormon and words by Moroni.
The plates of Ether:
-History of the Jaredites, abridged by Moroni who inserted comments and incorporated the record under the title of Book of Ether.
The plates of Brass
-Brought over to the American continent by Lehi from Jerusalem in 600 BC. They contained the five books of Moses, a record of the Jews from the beginning to the reign of Zedekiah, and prophecies from biblical and nonbiblical prophets including Isaiah.
The first six books (1 Nephi-Omni) are a translation of the small plates of Nephi.
The Words of Mormon connects the small plates and Mormon's abridgment of the large plates.
Mosiah to Mormon chapter 7 is a translation of Mormon's abridgement of the large plates.
Mormon chapter 8 through Moroni were written by Mormon's son Moroni to finish up the record. He wrote those parts, made an abridgement of the Jaredite record (book of Ether), put everything together and in about AD 421 buried the plates where in AD 1823, Moroni would direct Joseph Smith to get them.
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