Unit 23

them

12 occurrences in 9 verses

Jacob 1:3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19

Jacob 1:3

For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon his other plates,

and that I should preserve these plates and hand them down

unto my seed, from generation to generation.

Jacob 1:4

And if there were preaching which was sacred,

or revelation which was great, or prophesying,

that I should engraven the heads of them upon these plates,

and touch upon them as much as it were possible,

for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

Jacob 1:5

For because of faith and great anxiety,

it truly had been made manifest unto us concerning our people,

what things should happen unto them.

Jacob 1:7

Wherefore we labored diligently among our people,

that we might persuade them to come unto Christ,

and partake of the goodness of God,

that they might enter into his rest,

lest by any means he should swear in his wrath they should not enter in,

as in the provocation in the days of temptation

while the children of Israel were in the wilderness.

Jacob 1:10

The people having loved Nephi exceedingly,

he having been a great protector for them,

having wielded the sword of Laban in their defence,

and having labored in all his days for their welfare —

Jacob 1:11

Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his name.

And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people,

second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth,

according to the reigns of the kings;

and thus they were called by the people,

let them be of whatever name they would.

Jacob 1:14

But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these names,

but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the people of Nephi,

and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call Nephites, or the people of Nephi,

according to the reigns of the kings.

Jacob 1:17

Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught them in the temple,

having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.

Jacob 1:19

And we did magnify our office unto the Lord,

taking upon us the responsibility,

answering the sins of the people upon our own heads

if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence;

wherefore, by laboring with our might

their blood might not come upon our garments;

otherwise their blood would come upon our garments,

and we would not be found spotless at the last day.