10 And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.
It is generally understood that the brass plates were made of a copper and tin alloy. Although, technically that would make bronze. True brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and there is some discussion of whether the ancients had the recipe for brass or not. I tend to side with the record the way it was written, and believe the brass plates were brass, not bronze. (www.learnthebible.org/straining-at-brass.htm)
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