Unit 104

the people

37 occurrences in 25 verses

Ether 13:1, 13, 14, 15, 20, 22, 31,

Ether 14:1, 10, 15, 19, 23, 27,

Ether 15:4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 25, 33

Ether 13:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record

concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing.

Ether 13:13

And I was about to write more, but I am forbidden;

but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether;

but they esteemed him as naught, and cast him out;

and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day,

and by night he went forth

viewing the things which should come upon the people.

Ether 13:14

And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock

he made the remainder of this record,

viewing the destructions which came upon the people,

by night.

Ether 13:15

And it came to pass that in that same year

in which he was cast out from among the people

there began to be a great war among the people,

for there were many who rose up, who were mighty men,

and sought to destroy Coriantumr

by their secret plans of wickedness, of which hath been spoken.

Ether 13:20

And in the second year the word of the Lord came to Ether,

that he should go and prophesy unto Coriantumr

that, if he would repent, and all his household,

the Lord would give unto him his kingdom and spare the people —

Ether 13:22

And it came to pass that Coriantumr repented not,

neither his household, neither the people;

and the wars ceased not;

and they sought to kill Ether,

but he fled from before them and hid again in the cavity of the rock.

Ether 13:31

And Shared wounded Coriantumr in his thigh,

that he did not go to battle again for the space of two years,

in which time all the people upon the face of the land

were shedding blood,

and there was none to restrain them.

Ether 14:1

And now there began to be a great curse upon all the land

because of the iniquity of the people,

in which, if a man should lay his tool or his sword upon his shelf,

or upon the place whither he would keep it,

behold, upon the morrow, he could not find it,

so great was the curse upon the land.

Ether 14:10

And it came to pass that

one of the secret combinations murdered him in a secret pass,

and obtained unto himself the kingdom;

and his name was Lib;

and Lib was a man of great stature,

more than any other man among all the people.

Ether 14:15

And it came to pass that Lib did pursue him

until he came to the plains of Agosh.

And Coriantumr had taken all the people with him as he fled before Lib

in that quarter of the land whither he fled.

Ether 14:19

And it came to pass that the people began to flock together in armies,

throughout all the face of the land.

Ether 14:23

And the scent thereof went forth upon the face of the land,

even upon all the face of the land;

wherefore the people became troubled by day and by night,

because of the scent thereof.

Ether 14:27

And so terrible was the destruction among the armies of Shiz

that the people began to be frightened,

and began to flee before the armies of Coriantumr;

and they fled to the land of Corihor,

and swept off the inhabitants before them,

all them that would not join them.

Ether 15:4

And it came to pass that he wrote an epistle unto Shiz,

desiring him that he would spare the people,

and he would give up the kingdom for the sake of the lives of the people.

Ether 15:5

And it came to pass that when Shiz had received his epistle

he wrote an epistle unto Coriantumr,

that if he would give himself up, that he might slay him with his own sword,

that he would spare the lives of the people.

Ether 15:6

And it came to pass that the people repented not of their iniquity;

and the people of Coriantumr were stirred up to anger against the people of Shiz;

and the people of Shiz were stirred up to anger against the people of Coriantumr;

wherefore, the people of Shiz did give battle unto the people of Coriantumr.

Ether 15:7

And when Coriantumr saw that he was about to fall

he fled again before the people of Shiz.

Ether 15:12

And it came to pass that they did gather together

all the people upon all the face of the land,

who had not been slain,

save it was Ether.

Ether 15:13

And it came to pass that Ether did behold all the doings of the people;

and he beheld that the people who were for Coriantumr

were gathered together to the army of Coriantumr;

and the people who were for Shiz

were gathered together to the army of Shiz.

Ether 15:14

Wherefore, they were for the space of four years gathering together the people,

that they might get all who were upon the face of the land,

and that they might receive all the strength

which it was possible that they could receive.

Ether 15:18

And it came to pass that Coriantumr wrote again an epistle unto Shiz,

desiring that he would not come again to battle,

but that he would take the kingdom, and spare the lives of the people.

Ether 15:19

But behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them,

and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people;

for they were given up unto the hardness of their hearts,

and the blindness of their minds

that they might be destroyed;

wherefore they went again to battle.

Ether 15:23

And on the morrow they fought again;

and when the night came they had all fallen by the sword

save it were fifty and two of the people of Coriantumr,

and sixty and nine of the people of Shiz.

Ether 15:25

And when the night came there were thirty and two of the people of Shiz,

and twenty and seven of the people of Coriantumr.

Ether 15:33

And the Lord spake unto Ether,

and said unto him:

Go forth.

And he went forth,

and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled;

and he finished his record;

(and the hundredth part I have not written)

and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did find them.