Unit 36

of the

25 occurrences in 18 verses

Mosiah 7:5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 32,

Mosiah 8:2, 12, 14, 20, 21

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 7:7

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 7:10

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 7:13

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 7:15

For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites,

and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne.

And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage,

or out of the hands of the Lamanites,

and we will be their slaves;

for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites

than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.

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 7:22

And all this he did, for the sole purpose

of bringing this people into subjection or into bondage.

And behold, we at this time do pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites,

to the amount of one half of our corn, and our barley,

and even all our grain of every kind,

and one half of the increase of our flocks and our herds;

and even one half of all we have or possess

the king of the Lamanites doth exact of us, or our lives.

Mosiah 7:26

And a prophet of the Lord have they slain;

yea, a chosen man of God, who told them of their wickedness and abominations,

and prophesied of many things which are to come,

yea, even the coming of Christ.

Mosiah 7:27

And because he said unto them that Christ was the God, the Father of all things,

and said that he should take upon him the image of man,

and it should be the image after which man was created in the beginning;

or in other words, he said that man was created after the image of God,

and that God should come down among the children of men,

and take upon him flesh and blood,

and go forth upon the face of the earth—

Mosiah 7:32

And now, behold, the promise of the Lord is fulfilled,

and ye are smitten and afflicted.

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 8:12

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 8:14

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.

Mosiah 8:20

O how marvelous are the works of the Lord,

and how long doth he suffer with his people;

yea, and how blind and impenetrable

are the understandings of the children of men;

for they will not seek wisdom,

neither do they desire that she should rule over them!

Mosiah 8:21

Yea, they are as a wild flock which fleeth from the shepherd, and scattereth,

and are driven, and are devoured by the beasts of the forest.