Royal Skousen discusses the use of "crisping pins" in 2 Nephi 13:22 (= Isaiah 3:22 KJV); argues that it is a mistranslation and the Hebrew refers instead to a purse or handbag.
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- Royal Skousen LDS
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Royal Skousen, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon, Part 5: The King James Quotations in the Book of Mormon (Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies; Brigham Young University Studies, 2019), 216
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- Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
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- Royal Skousen
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- Reading Public
- Transcription
crisping pins: "and the mantles and the wimples and the crisping pins" (Isaiah 3:22 ~ 2 Nephi 13:22)
The modern-day equivalent of crisping pin would be curling iron. The Hebrew is generally interpreted here as referring to purses or handbags.
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