IFRI, SEP 25, 2026
D&C 105: Who Stays, Who Waits, and Why Verse 7 Is There
D&C 105 sorts the men of Zion's Camp into two groups and spends its first eight verses on whose fault the delay is. I read it for both.
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Alma 10: Amulek Fixes His Own Story, Then Gets Called a Liar
Amulek corrects his own account in verse 5, and by verse 28 the crowd calls him a liar over a contradiction the lawyers had been fishing for.
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IIIWED, SEP 23, 2026
1 Thessalonians 5: A Thief in Verse 2 and Labor Pains in Verse 3
Paul puts a thief and a woman in labor one verse apart and gives no date for either. A few things I kept going back to in 1 Thessalonians 5.
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IVTUE, SEP 22, 2026
Leviticus 16: The Live Goat Comes Last
Leviticus 16 is taught as a chapter about two goats, but the priest cleans the room, the tent and the altar before the people's sins come up at all.
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VMON, SEP 21, 2026
D&C 104: A Steward Here Is Appointed by Somebody
D&C 104 hands out tannery lots, a sealed treasury and a pay-first rule. I don't think the chapter is about everything we own.
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VISUN, SEP 20, 2026
Alma 9: They Knew His Name Before They Asked Who He Was
In Alma 8 the city says it knows exactly who Alma is. In Alma 9 it asks him who he thinks he is. What he says back is about memory.
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VIISAT, SEP 19, 2026
1 Thessalonians 4: Paul Says They Don't Need a Letter
In 1 Thessalonians 4 Paul tells people what they already know, twice, and then names the one thing they don't. Notes on the quiet life and on verse 13.
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VIIIFRI, SEP 18, 2026
Leviticus 15: Most Cases End by Evening, a Few Take Eight Days
Leviticus 15 is nine verses of furniture rules, one verse about rinsing your hands, and a bath that ends most cases by evening.
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IXTHU, SEP 17, 2026
D&C 103: Five Hundred Men, Then Three, Then a Hundred
Section 103 gives a recruiting target and then two smaller ones behind it, and verse 31 says plainly why the Lord planned that way.
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XWED, SEP 16, 2026
Alma 8: Many Days in Amulek's House Before He Preaches
Alma 8 gets remembered for the angel's command, but the verses I keep rereading are the ones where Alma is fed and then waits many days.
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