Unit 37

for

16 occurrences in 13 verses

Mosiah 9:2, 3, 11, 14, 15, 17,

Mosiah 10:1, 3, 5, 6, 13, 16, 18

Mosiah 9:2

Therefore, I contended with my brethren in the wilderness,

for I would that our ruler should make a treaty with them;

but he being an austere and a blood-thirsty man commanded that I should be slain;

but I was rescued by the shedding of much blood;

for father fought against father, and brother against brother,

until the greater number of our army was destroyed in the wilderness;

and we returned, those of us that were spared, to the land of Zarahemla,

to relate that tale to their wives and their children.

Mosiah 9:3

And yet, I being over–zealous to inherit the land of our fathers,

collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land,

and started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to the land;

but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions;

for we were slow to remember the Lord our God.

Mosiah 9:11

Therefore it came to pass, that

after we had dwelt in the land for the space of twelve years

that king Laman began to grow uneasy,

lest by any means my people should wax strong in the land,

and that they could not overpower them and bring them into bondage.

Mosiah 9:14

for, in the thirteenth year of my reign

in the land of Nephi, away on the south of the land of Shilom,

when my people were watering and feeding their flocks, and tilling their lands,

a numerous host of Lamanites came upon them and began to slay them,

and to take off their flocks, and the corn of their fields.

Mosiah 9:15

Yea, and it came to pass that

they fled, all that were not overtaken, even into the city of Nephi,

and did call upon me for protection.

Mosiah 9:17

Yea, in the strength of the Lord did we go forth to battle against the Lamanites;

for I and my people did cry mightily to the Lord

that he would deliver us out of the hands of our enemies,

for we were awakened to a remembrance of the deliverance of our fathers.

Mosiah 10:1

And it came to pass that we again began to establish the kingdom

and we again began to possess the land in peace.

And I caused that there should be weapons of war made of every kind,

that thereby I might have weapons for my people

against the time the Lamanites should come up again to war against my people.

Mosiah 10:3

And it came to pass that we did inherit the land of our fathers for many years,

yea, for the space of twenty and two years.

Mosiah 10:5

And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil,

and work, and work all manner of fine linen,

yea, and cloth of every kind,

that we might clothe our nakedness;

and thus we did prosper in the land —

thus we did have continual peace in the land

for the space of twenty and two years.

Mosiah 10:6

And it came to pass that king Laman died,

and his son began to reign in his stead.

And he began to stir his people up in rebellion against my people;

therefore they began to prepare for war,

and to come up to battle against my people.

Mosiah 10:13

And again, that they were wronged while in the land of their first inheritance,

after they had crossed the sea,

and all this because that Nephi was more faithful

in keeping the commandments of the Lord —

therefore he was favored of the Lord,

for the Lord heard his prayers and answered them,

and he took the lead of their journey in the wilderness.

Mosiah 10:16

And again, they were wroth with him

because he departed into the wilderness as the Lord had commanded him,

and took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass,

for they said that he robbed them.

Mosiah 10:18

for this very cause has king Laman,

by his cunning, and lying craftiness, and his fair promises, deceived me,

that I have brought this my people up into this land,

that they may destroy them;

yea, and we have suffered these many years in the land.