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Water, Water, Everywhere!
March 2000


“Water, Water, Everywhere!” Friend, Mar. 2000, 11

Water, Water, Everywhere!

Match these descriptions with the correct body of water.

1. Joseph Smith was baptized in this river. (See Doctrine and Covenants 13:heading.)

a. Sea of Galilee

2. Jesus healed many and fed four thousand near this body of water. (See Matt. 15:29–38.)

b. Susquehanna River

3. The river where Elder William W. Phelps saw the destroyer (Satan). (See Doctrine and Covenants 61:heading.

c. River Laman

4. A fountain of pure waters where Alma baptized those who believed the gospel. (See Mosiah 18:8–10.)

d. River Sidon

5. Moses lifted his hand and parted this body of water so that the Israelites could pass through on dry ground and flee from Pharaoh’s army. (See Exodus 14:heading, Ex. 14:13–16, 19–25.)

e. Red Sea

6. In Lehi’s dream it represented the “depths of hell.” (See 1 Ne. 12:16.)

f. River Jordan

7. John the Baptist baptized Jesus here. (See Matt. 3:13–17.)

g. Missouri River

8. The most prominent river in the Book of Mormon, it ran by the land of Zarahemla. Battles and baptisms took place here. (See Alma 2:15, 34; Alma 4:4.)

h. River Pison

9. One of the four rivers which flowed from the river which came out of the Garden of Eden. (See Gen. 2:10–11.)

i. Waters of Mormon

10. After a three days’ journey from Jerusalem, Lehi and his family pitched their tents beside this river which Lehi named after his oldest son. (See 1 Ne. 2:6–9.)

j. Fountain/river of filthy water

Answers:

  • (1) b, (2) a, (3) g, (4) i, (5) e, (6) j, (7) f, (8) d, (9) h, (10) c.