The Promised Land (I Nephi) is the area around Lehi's landing on the Sea West shore. The location of the landing is the Sea West shore near the land Desolation. This is in close proximity to the place Jared landed in the Promised Land (Ether).
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I NEPHI 1:54 [2:20]: And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.
Commentary: This verse references the place of the Promised Land (I Nephi). This is the first verse in I Nephi that mentions the 'land of promise' and will be referred to as the 'Promised Land (I Nephi)'.
I NEPHI 5:181 [18:8]: We did put forth into the sea, and were driven forth before the wind, towards the promised land;
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful (Old World), the Promised Land (I Nephi), the sea Irreantum, and the West Sea. The term 'we' refers to Lehi and his people. Lehi put forth into the sea Irreantum at the place Bountiful. Since the landing in the Promised Land (I Nephi) is on the eastern side of the Sea West, the place Bountiful would be on the western side of the Sea West, west of the Promised Land (I Nephi).
I NEPHI 5:212 [18:23]: And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days, we did arrive to the promised land;
Commentary: This verse references the places of the Promised Land (I Nephi) and the Sea West. The Promised Land (I Nephi) is on the seashore of the west sea (Sea West).
I NEPHI 5:213 [18:23]: And we went forth upon the land, and did pitch our tents; and we did call it the promised land.
Commentary: This verse references the place of the Promised Land (I Nephi). This verse names the Promised Land (I Nephi).
II NEPHI 4:7 [5:5]: And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I, Nephi, should depart from them, and flee into the wilderness, and all those who would go with me.
Commentary: This verse references the places of the Promised Land (I Nephi), and the wilderness between Nephi and the Promised Land (I Nephi). There is a wilderness in proximity to the Promised Land (I Nephi). This wilderness lies between the Promised Land (I Nephi) and the land of Nephi.
II NEPHI 4:10 [5:7]: And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were possible for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of many days.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Nephi, the Promised Land (I Nephi), the wilderness between Nephi and the Promised Land (I Nephi). The phrase 'for the space of many days' indicates that the wilderness between the Promised Land (I Nephi) and the land of Nephi is fairly large. The Promised Land (I Nephi) is not very close to the land of Nephi.
MOSIAH 6:47 [10:13]: And again: that they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea;
Commentary: This verse references the place of the Promised Land (I Nephi). The land of the Lamanites' first inheritance is another name for the Promised Land (I Nephi).
ALMA 13:71 [22:28]: Yea, and also on the west of the land of Zarahemla, in the borders, by the sea-shore, and on the west, in the land of Nephi, in the place of their fathers' first inheritance, and thus bordering along by the sea-shore.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Nephi, the Promised Land (I Nephi), the Sea West, and Zarahemla. This verse is describing the locations of idle Lamanites. The borders by the seashore were west of Zarahemla and on or near the sea (Sea West). They were also in the west parts of the land of Nephi all the way to the Sea West shore. The place of their father's first inheritance, the Promised Land (I Nephi), is located on the Sea West shore.
ALMA 13:74 [22:30]: And it bordered upon the land which they called Desolation; it being so far northward, that it came into the land which had been peopled, and been destroyed, of whose bones we have spoken, which was discovered by the people of Zarahemla; it being the place of their first landing. And they came from there up into the south wilderness.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful, Desolation, the narrow neck, Nephi, the Promised Land (I Nephi), the Sea West, and the South Wilderness. The term 'it' refers to the northern parts of the land mentioned in Alma 13:73 [22:29]. The northern parts of the land bordered the land Desolation and the land Bountiful. The phrase 'it came into the land which had been peopled, and been destroyed, of whose bones we have spoken' refers to the people described in the Book of Ether (the Jaredites). The Jaredites lived in the lands in the narrow neck indicating that the northern parts of the land extended to the narrow neck. This also places the land Desolation next to lands of the Jaredites in the narrow neck. This verse does not define the location of the bones, just where the people (the Jaredites) lived whose bones were found in the Land Cumorah. The phrase 'it being the place of their first landing' is the description of the Promised Land (I Nephi) and indicates that Lehi landed on the Sea West shore near the land Desolation. The phrase 'came from there up into the south wilderness' describes the journey in II Nephi 4:10 [5:7] of Nephi and his people from the Promised Land (I Nephi) to the land of Nephi which required traveling through the South Wilderness. The phrase 'up into' indicates the South Wilderness is higher in elevation than the Promised Land (I Nephi), a somewhat obvious reference since the Promised land (I Nephi) was on the seashore. But, it does show consistency in the use of the term 'up' to indicate a higher terrain elevation.
ALMA 25:12 [54:12]: And behold, if ye do not this, I will come against you with my armies; yea, even I will arm my women and my children, and I will come against you, and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood; yea, life for life; and I will give you battle, even until you are destroyed from off the face of the earth.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Nephi and the Promised Land (I Nephi). The term 'I' refers to Moroni. The term 'you' refers to Ammoron. Ammoron and the Lamanites are in the land of Nephi at this time. The phrase 'even into your own land' indicates the Lamanites control the land of our first inheritance, the Promised Land (I Nephi).
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