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Which chapter of scripture includes a vision of God, an attempted human sacrifice, and a phrase many believe justified a racial priesthood ban?
And have we been reading it wrong?
When it says Pharaoh was “cursed as pertaining to the priesthood,” was that about race, or something else entirely?
In this episode, Latter-day Saint historian, Don Bradley, revisits the context and challenges the lens we bring to this passage.
Which chapter of scripture includes a vision of God, an attempted human sacrifice, and a phrase many believe justified a racial priesthood ban?
And have we been reading it wrong?
When it says Pharaoh was “cursed as pertaining to the priesthood,” was that about race, or something else entirely?
In this episode, Latter-day Saint historian, Don Bradley, revisits the context and challenges the lens we bring to this passage.






