For breaking this covenant Jeremiah, inspired of the Lord, pronounced upon the nation, from the king down, terrible curses, and they were all fulfilled. From Jeremiah's words it is clear that Israelites were made bondmen by their brethren, and from Zoram's subsequent marriage and life we think it safe to assume that he was not an alien but an Israelite. Elder Orson Pratt thought that, from his being worthy to hold the keys of the treasury and of the sacred brass plates, Zoram was probably of the same tribe as Laban. The determination of Nephi to take Zoram with them was clearly a matter of necessity. Nephi says they were desirous he should tarry with them that the Jews might not know concerning their flight into the wilderness, lest they should pursue and destroy them. When Zoram had made an oath to stay with them, their fears concerning him ceased. Two results were accomplished by having Zoram go with them. Their company was strengthened by the addition of one who proved himself a worthy man, and all clue to the cause of Laban's death and to the person who slew him was completely removed beyond reach of the Jews. The disappearance of Zoram, of Laban's clothing, armor, sword and records left the people of Jerusalem at liberty to frame whatever theory they chose respecting his death. There is no room to suppose that Nephi or his brothers were suspected of having had anything to do with it, for it does not appear that any of Laban's servants were present when they requested him to give them the records in exchange for their property, though they were afterwards told to chase and kill them. Had the names of Nephi and his brothers been associated with the death of Laban and the taking of the records, he was so prominent a man, and the circumstances of his death so widely known that they could not have visited Jerusalem again (which they did shortly afterwards) and induced another family to accompany them in the wilderness, with the least safety. CHAPTER VI. Return into Wilderness--Joy of Lehi and Sariah--Lehi a Visionary Man--Sariah's Grief and Murmuring--Her Subsequent Testimony--Sacrifice and Burnt Offerings--The Brass Plates--Their Contents--Lehi a Descendant of Joseph--Value of These Records to his Descendants--Another Colony of Jews--Lost Knowledge of Hebrew Language and of God--Nephi a Great Benefactor--He and Brothers Again Required to Visit Jerusalem--Ishmael and Family--Laman and Lemuel Stir up Mutiny--Want to Return to Jerusalem--Bind Nephi--Intend to Leave him to Perish--Nephi's Prayer--His Bands Burst--The Others Plead for him--Revulsion of Feeling on Part of his Brothers--Beg his Forgiveness--Rejoin Lehi and Sariah--Thanksgiving and Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings.