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And It Came to Pass
New readers of the Book of Mormon might notice how often the Book includes the phrase “and it came to pass,” or “it came to pass,” but it helps to compare things to the King James Bible:
| Book of Mormon | The Holy Bible | |
|---|---|---|
| Total words: | 269,171 | 790,027 |
| “and it came to pass:” | 1,123 | 396 |
| “it came to pass:” | 230 | 57 |
| total words: | 6,535 | 2,208 |
| word rate: | 2.43% | 0.28% |
| total verses: | 6,604 | 31,102 |
| verse rate: | 20.5% | 1.46% |
Queue the apologists claiming this is somehow evidence of ancient origin.
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