Unit 36

land

31 occurrences in 19 verses

Mosiah 7:1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21,

Mosiah 8:1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14

Mosiah 7:1

And now, it came to pass that

after king Mosiah had had continual peace for the space of three years,

he was desirous to know concerning the people

who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi, or in the city of Lehi-Nephi;

for his people had heard nothing from them

from the time they left the land of Zarahemla;

therefore, they wearied him with their teasings.

Mosiah 7:2

And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted

that sixteen of their strong men might go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi,

to inquire concerning their brethren.

Mosiah 7:4

And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness

to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi;

therefore they wandered many days in the wilderness,

even forty days did they wander.

Mosiah 7:5

And when they had wandered forty days

they came to a hill, which is north of the land of Shilom,

and there they pitched their tents.

Mosiah 7:6

And Ammon took three of his brethren,

and their names were Amaleki, Helem, and Hem,

and they went down into the land of Nephi.

Mosiah 7:7

And behold, they met the king of the people

who were in the land of Nephi, and in the land of Shilom;

and they were surrounded by the king's guard,

and were taken, and were bound, and were committed to prison.

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 7:13

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 7:19

Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God,

in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob;

and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground,

and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness;

and many more things did he do for them.

Mosiah 7:20

And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem,

and has kept and preserved his people even until now;

and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations

that he has brought us into bondage.

Mosiah 7:21

And ye all are witnesses this day,

that Zeniff, who was made king over this people,

he being over–zealous to inherit the land of his fathers,

therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman,

who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff,

and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land,

or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about —

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 8:2

And he caused that Ammon should stand up before the multitude,

and rehearse unto them all that had happened unto their brethren

from the time that Zeniff went up out of the land

even until the time that he himself came up out of the land.

Mosiah 8:5

And it came to pass that he caused that the plates

which contained the record of his people

from the time that they left the land of Zarahemla,

should be brought before Ammon, that he might read them.

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 8:8

And they were lost in the wilderness for the space of many days,

yet they were diligent, and found not the land of Zarahemla

but returned to this land,

having traveled in a land among many waters,

having discovered a land which was covered with bones of men, and of beasts,

and was also covered with ruins of buildings of every kind,

having discovered a land which had been peopled with a people

who were as numerous as the hosts of Israel.

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 8:14

And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of Zarahemla

is the man that is commanded to do these things,

and who has this high gift from God.