Unit 37

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27 occurrences in 15 verses

Mosiah 9:1, 2, 11, 14, 16, 18,

Mosiah 10:2, 7, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

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 9:2

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 9:11

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 9:16

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 9:18

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 10:2

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 10:7

But I had sent my spies out round about the land of Shemlon,

that I might discover their preparations,

that I might guard against them,

that they might not come upon my people and destroy them.

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 10:13

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 10:17

And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them,

and that they should murder them,

and that they should rob and plunder them,

and do all they could to destroy them;

therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.

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.

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.

Mosiah 10:20

And it came to pass that we did drive them again out of our land;

and we slew them with a great slaughter,

even so many that we did not number them.