Unit 40

the oath

5 occurrences in 4 verses

Mosiah 20:14, 15, 22,

Mosiah 21:3

Mosiah 20:14

But Limhi said unto them:

Ye shall not slay him, but bring him hither that I may see him.

And they brought him. And Limhi said unto him:

What cause have ye to come up to war against my people?

Behold, my people have not broken the oath that I made unto you;

therefore, why should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?

Mosiah 20:15

And now the king said:

I have broken the oath

because thy people did carry away the daughters of my people;

therefore, in my anger I did cause my people

to come up to war against thy people.

Mosiah 20:22

And now let us pacify the king,

and we fulfil the oath which we have made unto him;

for it is better that we should be in bondage

than that we should lose our lives;

therefore, let us put a stop to the shedding of so much blood.

Mosiah 21:3

Now they durst not slay them, because of the oath

which their king had made unto Limhi;

but they would smite them on their cheeks,

and exercise authority over them;

and began to put heavy burdens upon their backs,

and drive them as they would a dumb ass—