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Original and Current Chapters and Verses of the Book of Mormon

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Original and Current Chapters and Verses of the Book of Mormon

Robert M. Bowman Jr.
Post date: 
October 3, 2024

The 15 books of the Book of Mormon were originally divided into long chapters with Roman numerals (see the left columns). Later it was divided into shorter chapters (see middle columns) and verses (right columns). This document provides a convenient reference for these divisions.

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
1 Nephi
 
 
I
1
20
2
24
3
31
4
38
5
22
 
II
6
6
7
22
8
38
9
6
 
 
III
10
22
11
36
12
23
13
42
14
30
IV
15
36
 
V
16
39
17
55
18
25
19
1–21
 
VI
19
22–24
20
22
21
26
VII
22
31

  

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
2 Nephi
I
1
32
2
30
II
3
25
III
4
35
IV
5
34
 
V
6
18
7
11
8
25
VI
9
54
VII
10
25
 
 
VIII
11
8
12
22
13
26
14
6
15
30
 
 
 
IX
16
13
17
25
18
22
19
21
20
34
21
16
22
6
X
23
22
24
32
 
XI
25
30
26
33
27
35
 
XII
28
32
29
14
30
19
XIII
31
21
XIV
32
9
XV
33
15

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Jacob
I
1
19
II
2
35
3
14
III
4
18
5
77
IV
6
13
V
7
27
Enos
I
1
27
Jarom
I
1
15
Omni
I
1
30
Words of Mormon
I
1
18

  

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Mosiah
 
I
1
18
2
41
3
27
II
4
29
III
5
15
IV
6
7
V
7
33
8
21
VI
9
19
10
22
 
VII
11
29
12
37
13
1–24
 
VIII
13
25–35
14
12
15
31
16
15
 
 
IX
17
20
18
35
19
29
20
26
21
36
X
22
16
 
 
XI
23
39
24
25
25
24
26
39
27
37
XII
28
1–19
XIV
28
20
29
47

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Alma
 
I
1
33
2
38
3
27
II
4
20
III
5
62
IV
6
8
V
7
27
VI
8
32
VII
9
34
VIII
10
32
11
46
IX
12
37
13
1–9
 
X
13
10–31
14
29
15
19
XI
16
21
 
XII
17
39
18
43
19
36
20
30
XIII
21
23
22
35
 
 
XIV
23
18
24
30
25
17
26
37
 
XV
27
30
28
14
29
17

  

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Alma (cont.)
 
 
 
XVI
30
60
31
38
32
43
33
23
34
41
35
16
XVII
36
30
37
47
XVIII
38
15
 
 
XIX
39
31
40
26
41
15
42
31
XX
43
54
44
24
 
 
XXI
45
24
46
41
47
36
48
25
49
30
XXII
50
40
XXIII
51
37
XXIV
52
40
53
23
XXV
54
24
55
35
 
XXVI
56
57
57
36
58
41
XXVII
59
13
60
36
XXVIII
61
21
XXIX
62
52
XXX
63
17

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Helaman
I
1
34
2
14
 
II
3
37
4
26
5
52
6
41
 
III
7
29
8
28
9
41
10
19
IV
11
38
12
26
 
V
13
39
14
31
15
17
16
25

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
3 Nephi
I
1
30
2
19
 
II
3
26
4
33
5
26
III
6
30
7
26
 
IV
8
25
9
22
10
19
 
V
11
41
12
48
13
1–24
VI
13
25–34
14
27
VII
15
24
16
20
VIII
17
25
18
39
 
IX
19
36
20
46
21
21
 
X
21
22–29
22
17
23
1–13
 
XI
23
14
24
18
25
6
26
1–5
XII
26
6–21
27
1–22
 
XII
27
23–33
28
40
29
9
XIV
30
2

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
4 Nephi
I
1
49
Mormon
 
I
1
19
2
29
3
22
II
4
23
5
24
III
6
22
7
10
IV
8
41
9
37
Ether
 
I
1
43
2
25
3
28
4
19
II
5
6
 
III
6
30
7
27
8
26
 
IV
9
35
10
34
11
23
V
12
41
VI
13
31
 
14
31
 
15
34

 

Orig.
Ch.
Vss.
Moroni
I
1
4
II
2
3
III
3
4
IV
4
3
V
5
2
VI
6
9
VII
7
48
VIII
8
30
IX
9
26
X
10
34

 

 

 

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