And it came to pass. . . . .
Ah, my "fave" BoM passages.
(Which one, you may ask?)
Why, all couple thou "it came to pass[es]"
Godzilla...think of a campfire with kids around...maybe Boy Scouts...maybe your own kids...
And yur tellin' ghost tales that yur makin' up on the spot...and ya toss it a meaningless phrase now & then...why? Well, ya need to "buy time" to think, "Where am I'm going to go next with this story?"
Well, that's what ole Joe needed...
There's some sections where "it came to pass" occurred just about every verse multiple verses in a row. Other times, nary a mention. Why the gaping gap?
Well, I would surmise that when it's not mentioned, those are the "dictations" that Ole Joe gave earlier in the morning...fresh after having a long weekend or at least overnight to think where the narrative would go.
The "it came to pass" heavy-handed sections of the Book of Mormon were the ones where either Joe failed to have his cup of Joe, or, were later in the afternoon or later evening when Joe's mind was nodding off.