In Alma 11, we read:
18 Now this is their number, according to their
reckoning.
19 Now an antion of gold is equal to three
shiblons.
The
ordering of these verses seems out of place; after all, in the previous verses,
beginning in v. 5, we have a listing of different Nephite weights/measures, so
one would expect v. 19 to precede v. 18, which serves as a conclusion to the
discussion of Nephite currency. Indeed, in the pre-publication (i.e., pre-1830)
textual tradition of the Book of Mormon, we find that this is the case and
that this is an error that was introduced during the publication of the 1830 Book of
Mormon and has remained to this day. In the Printer’s
Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, we read:
now an antion of Gold is equal to three shiblons
now this is their number according to their reckoning.
