Unit 37

the Lamanites

11 occurrences in 10 verses

Mosiah 9:1, 16, 17, 18,

Mosiah 10:1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 19

Mosiah 9:1

I, Zeniff, having been taught in all the language of the Nephites,

and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi,

or of the land of our fathers' first inheritance,

and having been sent as a spy among the Lamanites

that I might spy out their forces,

that our army might come upon them and destroy them —

but when I saw that which was good among them

I was desirous that they should not be destroyed.

Mosiah 9:16

And it came to pass that I did arm them with bows, and with arrows,

with swords, and with cimeters, and with clubs, and with slings,

and with all manner of weapons which we could invent,

and I and my people did go forth against the Lamanites to battle.

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 9:18

And God did hear our cries and did answer our prayers;

and we did go forth in his might;

yea, we did go forth against the Lamanites,

and in one day and a night we did slay three thousand and forty–three;

we did slay them even until we had driven them out of our land.

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 10:2

And I set guards round about the land,

that the Lamanites might not come upon us again unawares and destroy us;

and thus I did guard my people and my flocks,

and keep them from falling into the hands of our enemies.

Mosiah 10:9

And it came to pass that I caused

that the women and children of my people should be hid in the wilderness;

and I also caused that all my old men that could bear arms,

and also all my young men that were able to bear arms,

should gather themselves together to go to battle against the Lamanites;

and I did place them in their ranks, every man according to his age.

Mosiah 10:10

And it came to pass that we did go up to battle against the Lamanites;

and I, even I, in my old age, did go up to battle against the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that we did go up in the strength of the Lord to battle.

Mosiah 10:11

Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord, nor the strength of the Lord,

therefore they depended upon their own strength.

Yet they were a strong people, as to the strength of men.

Mosiah 10:19

And now I, Zeniff,

after having told all these things unto my people concerning the Lamanites,

I did stimulate them to go to battle with their might,

putting their trust in the Lord;

therefore, we did contend with them, face to face.