Unit 36

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26 occurrences in 14 verses

Mosiah 7:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, 29,

Mosiah 8:1, 7, 11, 12, 13

Mosiah 7:9

And he said unto them:

Behold, I am Limhi, the son of Noah, who was the son of Zeniff,

who came up out of the land of Zarahemla

to inherit this land, which was the land of their fathers,

who was made a king by the voice of the people.

Mosiah 7:10

And now, I desire to know the cause whereby ye were so bold

as to come near the walls of the city,

when I, myself, was with my guards without the gate?

Mosiah 7:11

And now, for this cause have I suffered that ye should be preserved,

that I might inquire of you,

or else I should have caused that my guards should have put you to death.

Ye are permitted to speak.

Mosiah 7:12

And now, when Ammon saw that he was permitted to speak,

he went forth and bowed himself before the king;

and rising again he said:

O king, I am very thankful before God this day

that I am yet alive, and am permitted to speak;

and I will endeavor to speak with boldness;

Mosiah 7:13

For I am assured that if ye had known me

ye would not have suffered that I should have worn these bands.

For I am Ammon, and am a descendant of Zarahemla,

and have come up out of the land of Zarahemla

to inquire concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up out of that land.

Mosiah 7:14

And now, it came to pass that

after Limhi had heard the words of Ammon,

he was exceedingly glad, and said:

Now, I know of a surety

that my brethren who were in the land of Zarahemla are yet alive.

And now, I will rejoice;

and on the morrow I will cause that my people shall rejoice also.

Mosiah 7:18

And it came to pass that when they had gathered themselves together

that he spake unto them in this wise, saying:

O ye, my people, lift up your heads and be comforted;

for behold, the time is at hand, or is not far distant,

when we shall no longer be in subjection to our enemies,

notwithstanding our many strugglings, which have been in vain;

yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to be made.

Mosiah 7:24

Yea, I say unto you,

great are the reasons which we have to mourn;

for behold how many of our brethren have been slain,

and their blood has been spilt in vain,

and all because of iniquity.

Mosiah 7:29

For behold, the Lord hath said:

I will not succor my people in the day of their transgression;

but I will hedge up their ways that they prosper not;

and their doings shall be as a stumbling block before them.

Mosiah 8:1

And it came to pass that

after king Limhi had made an end of speaking to his people,

for he spake many things unto them

and only a few of them have I written in this book,

he told his people all the things concerning their brethren

who were in the land of Zarahemla.

Mosiah 8:7

And the king said unto him:

Being grieved for the afflictions of my people,

I caused that forty and three of my people

should take a journey into the wilderness,

that thereby they might find the land of Zarahemla,

that we might appeal unto our brethren to deliver us out of bondage.

Mosiah 8:11

And again, they have brought swords,

the hilts thereof have perished,

and the blades thereof were cankered with rust;

and there is no one in the land that is able to interpret the language

or the engravings that are on the plates.

Therefore I said unto thee:

Canst thou translate?

Mosiah 8:12

And I say unto thee again:

Knowest thou of any one that can translate?

For I am desirous that these records should be translated into our language;

for, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of a remnant of the people

who have been destroyed,

from whence these records came;

or, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge of this very people

who have been destroyed;

and I am desirous to know the cause of their destruction.

Mosiah 8:13

Now Ammon said unto him:

I can assuredly tell thee, O king, of a man that can translate the records;

for he has wherewith that he can look,

and translate all records that are of ancient date;

and it is a gift from God.

And the things are called interpreters,

and no man can look in them except he be commanded,

lest he should look for that he ought not and he should perish.

And whosoever is commanded to look in them, the same is called seer.