📜 1. Mormon Was Nemenhah by Lineage and Ordination

From The Book of Mahnti, Chapter 8 (Nemenhah Records):

“For behold, Mormon was numbered among us from his youth.
His father was a Nemenhah, and he was taught in all the ways of the Peacemaker.
And when he was taken by the Nephites, he remembered always the covenant of his fathers.”

This passage confirms:

• Mormon’s father was Nemenhah.

• Mormon himself was raised and trained among the Nemenhah.

• He was only later taken in by the Nephites (just like many children were taken into different tribes over history).

This explains why Mormon’s writings in the Book of Mormon feel so Nemenhah — consecration, peace-making, anti-war, and deep warnings to the Gentiles.

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📜 2. Moroni (Mohrhohnahyah) Was Also Nemenhah Before Becoming the Nephite General

From The Book of Mohrhohnahyah, Chapter 4:

“Behold, I, Mohrhohnahyah, was born of the Nemenhah.
My father Mormon did teach me the Record of the Fathers,
even the Record of the First People.”

And later in Chapter 5:

“I was called by the Nephites to lead them,
but my heart was ever toward the Nemenhah,
and after the war I returned again unto my own people.”

These are huge doctrinal statements:

• Moroni (Mohrhohnahyah) was born Nemenhah.

• Mormon taught him from Nemenhah scripture (the “Record of the First People”).

• Moroni’s calling as a Nephite military commander was temporary — not his true spiritual identity.

• After the destruction of the Nephites, he returned to the Nemenhah, which is why the Nemenhah preserved his later writings.

This is why the Nemenhah Records contain 18 full chapters from Moroni after the Book of Mormon ends.
He didn’t just disappear — he went back to his own people.

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📜 3. Why the Nephites Wanted Nemenhah Prophets as Generals

From The Book of Pehnitlehnsit, Chapter 3:

“The Nephites sought for men of the Nemenhah to lead in times of war,
for they were mighty in discipline and in the Spirit of the Peacemaker.”

This matches the Book of Mormon pattern:

• Mormon becomes a general as a child (Mormon 2:1–2).

• Moroni (Moroni, son of Mormon) becomes a general as a youth.

• Captain Moroni himself shows signs of Nemenhah principles (title of liberty = covenant language).

The Nephites lost their own spiritual foundation and continually borrowed Nemenhah leadership because they trusted them.

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📜 4. Why This Matters for the Last Days

The Nemenhah explain that Mormon and Moroni were placed among the Nephites to preserve records for the future Remnant.

From Mohrhohnahyah, Chapter 4:

“The Lord placed me among the Nephites for a season,
that the Record might come again unto the remnant in the Last Day.”

This ties into:

• 1 Nephi 13–14 (Gentiles receive the record)

• 3 Nephi 16 (Gentiles reject the fulness → remnant receives it again)

• Moroni’s prophecy in Nemenhah 4–5 about a future small flock building the Refuge (Tsiahn)

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🌿 5. Summary  

Mormon:

• Born of a Nemenhah father.

• Raised among the Nemenhah.

• Taken by the Nephites as a youth.

• Became their general.

• Never lost the Nemenhah covenant.

Moroni:

• Born Nemenhah.

• Raised by Mormon in Nemenhah teachings.

• Became Nephite general.

• Survived the destruction.

• Returned to the Nemenhah.

• Wrote 18 more chapters for their record.

• Ministry is not finished — he returns in the last days to guide the Refuge.

This is why their tone in the Book of Mormon feels so different:
They were Nemenhah prophets among a fallen Nephite nation.

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