military scripture sets

4 postsstarted by dsgunn130908 2014-04-25 16:55 UTC1,442 viewsoriginal topic

dsgunn130908

New Member

#1
2014-04-25 16:55 UTC

why dont you get a old testament with the military set?

aebrown

Community Administrator

#2
2014-04-25 17:34 UTC

dsgunn130908 wrote:why dont you get a old testament with the military set?

I'm guessing it's related to the size -- adding the Old Testament would nearly double the bulk of the scriptures (1284 pages in NT/BoM/D&C/PGP, and 1184 in just the OT).

Questions that can benefit the larger community should be asked in a public forum, not a private message.

lajackson

Community Moderators

#3
2014-04-28 03:30 UTC

dsgunn130908 wrote:why dont you get a old testament with the military set?

Many years ago, there were plenty of small sized Old Testaments available to military members, at most posts, and I think the Church may have based their decision partly on that. I do not know if these smaller Bibles are generally available any longer.

davesudweeks

Senior Member

#4
2014-04-28 03:41 UTC

Actually, it was just the New Testament (at least in my experience in the military). I still have the one I picked up at Fort Dix to add to my LDS-published military set.

Adding the Old Testament would increase the size of the set considerably and that could be a problem for those who have tight restrictions on personal items.