Mormon discusses Alma's mission to the Zoramites. He says that after a lot of work, they began to have some success among the poorer class who had been kicked out of their synagogues because their clothes were too plain and coarse.
2 And it came to pass that after much labor among them, they began to have success among the apoor class of people; for behold, they were cast out of the synagogues because of the coarseness of their apparel—
3 Therefore they were not permitted to enter into their synagogues to worship God, being esteemed as filthiness; therefore they were poor; yea, they were esteemed by their brethren as adross; therefore they were bpoor as to things of the world; and also they were poor in heart.
Answer:
I think it's just one of those times in the Book of Mormon where Mormon wanted to correct what he was saying. He first says, "because of the coarseness of their apparel," but then seems to change it to "being esteemed as filthiness."
This little passage is also a little bit of a Hebraism, with "not permitted to enter their synagogues to worship God" in the middle. ABA form.
This little passage is also a little bit of a Hebraism, with "not permitted to enter their synagogues to worship God" in the middle. ABA form.
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