Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children of men.and 1 Nephi 9:4
Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people; wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministrywith Jacob 1:1-2
Nephi gave me, Jacob, a concerning the plates, upon which these things are engraven. And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should upon a few of the things which I considered to be most precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.