Editing First Nephi (section)

==Structure==
First Nephi is a first-person narrative of events that the narrative itself reports were recorded on a set of objects referred to by Mormons as the [[Plates of Nephi]] by the [[prophet]] [[Nephi, son of Lehi|Nephi]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Ludlow|editor-first1=Daniel H.|title=Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The history, scripture, doctrine and procedure of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|date=1992|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=978-0-02-904040-9|pages=195–200|edition=[2nd print.]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo03ludl}}</ref> The beginning part of First Nephi consists of Nephi's abridgement of his father Lehi's record{{Clarify|date=March 2024}} (1 Nephi 1–9). The next section is Nephi's own narrative of events (1 Nephi 10–22). The [[Second Book of Nephi]] is a continuation.{{sfn|Spencer|2020|pp=17–20}}