Lehi

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Lehi is a prophetic patriarch in the Book of Mormon who leads his family from Jerusalem to the Americas and becomes the forefather of several major peoples, including the Nephites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Mormon character
patriarch
prophet
appearsIn Book of Mormon NERFINISHED
associatedObject Liahona NERFINISHED
burialPlace not specified in the Book of Mormon
campName Valley of Lemuel NERFINISHED
child Jacob NERFINISHED
Joseph NERFINISHED
Laman NERFINISHED
Lemuel NERFINISHED
Nephi NERFINISHED
Sam NERFINISHED
commandedBy God to leave Jerusalem
delivers final blessings to his children
facedOppositionFrom people of Jerusalem
familyGroupName family of Lehi
forefatherOf Lamanites NERFINISHED
Lehites NERFINISHED
Mulekites (by association through narrative context, not direct descent) NERFINISHED
Nephites NERFINISHED
hasDaughters unnamed daughters
journeysThrough wilderness near the Red Sea
languageContext Hebrew cultural background (narrative setting)
leadsGroupFrom Jerusalem NERFINISHED
leadsGroupTo promised land
legacy namesake for the Lehites
migrationDestination Americas NERFINISHED
receives dreams
visions
receivesObjectFrom Liahona from God
religiousRole preacher of repentance in Jerusalem
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED
roleInText founding patriarch
scripturalBook 1 Nephi NERFINISHED
2 Nephi NERFINISHED
scripturalStatus considered fictional or non-historical by many non-LDS scholars
considered historical by Latter-day Saints
spouse Sariah NERFINISHED
teaches coming of a Messiah
plan of salvation
timePeriod around 600 BC (narrative setting)
tribalOrigin descendant of Manasseh (according to the Book of Mormon)
visionOf tree of life
warnedOf destruction of Jerusalem
warns inhabitants of Jerusalem

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nephites ancestor Lehi
Nephites ancestor Lehi
this entity surface form: Nephi
Lamanites associatedWithFigure Lehi
this entity surface form: Nephi (as rival lineage)
Lehi, Utah namedAfter Lehi
this entity surface form: Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet)