Unit 37

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32 occurrences in 19 verses

Mosiah 9:2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18,

Mosiah 10:1, 3, 5, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21

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 9:4

Nevertheless, after many days' wandering in the wilderness

we pitched our tents in the place where our brethren were slain,

which was near to the land of our fathers.

Mosiah 9:7

And he also commanded that his people should depart out of the land,

and I and my people went into the land that we might possess it.

Mosiah 9:8

And we began to build buildings, and to repair the walls of the city,

yea, even the walls of the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom.

Mosiah 9:9

And we began to till the ground,

yea, even with all manner of seeds,

with seeds of corn, and of wheat, and of barley,

and with neas, and with sheum,

and with seeds of all manner of fruits;

and we did begin to multiply and prosper in the land.

Mosiah 9:10

Now it was the cunning and the craftiness of king Laman,

to bring my people into bondage,

that he yielded up the land that we might possess it.

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 9:16

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 10:3

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 10:10

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 10:18

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.

Mosiah 10:21

And it came to pass that we returned again to our own land,

and my people again began to tend their flocks, and to till their ground.