Unit 40

the wilderness

14 occurrences in 12 verses

Mosiah 18:34,

Mosiah 19:9, 18, 23, 28,

Mosiah 20:4, 5, 18, 23,

Mosiah 21:20, 25, 34

Mosiah 18:34

And it came to pass that

Alma and the people of the Lord were apprised of the coming of the king's army;

therefore they took their tents and their families and departed into the wilderness.

Mosiah 19:9

And the king commanded the people

that they should flee before the Lamanites,

and he himself did go before them,

and they did flee into the wilderness, with their women and their children.

Mosiah 19:18

And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the wilderness secretly,

to search for the king and those that were with him.

And it came to pass that they met the people in the wilderness,

all save the king and his priests.

Mosiah 19:23

And the people told the men of Gideon that they had slain the king,

and his priests had fled from them farther into the wilderness.

Mosiah 19:28

And the king of the Lamanites set guards round about the land,

that he might keep the people of Limhi in the land,

that they might not depart into the wilderness;

and he did support his guards out of the tribute

which he did receive from the Nephites.

Mosiah 20:4

And having tarried in the wilderness,

and having discovered the daughters of the Lamanites,

they laid and watched them;

Mosiah 20:5

And when there were but few of them gathered together to dance,

they came forth out of their secret places

and took them and carried them into the wilderness;

yea, twenty and four of the daughters of the Lamanites

they carried into the wilderness.

Mosiah 20:18

For do ye not remember the priests of thy father,

whom this people sought to destroy?

And are they not in the wilderness?

And are not they the ones who have stolen the daughters of the Lamanites?

Mosiah 20:23

And now Limhi told the king all the things

concerning his father, and the priests that had fled into the wilderness,

and attributed the carrying away of their daughters to them.

Mosiah 21:20

And he caused that his people should watch the land round about,

that by some means they might take those priests that fled into the wilderness,

who had stolen the daughters of the Lamanites,

and that had caused such a great destruction to come upon them.

Mosiah 21:25

Now king Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of Ammon,

a small number of men to search for the land of Zarahemla;

but they could not find it,

and they were lost in the wilderness.

Mosiah 21:34

Therefore they did not at that time form themselves into a church,

waiting upon the Spirit of the Lord.

Now they were desirous to become even as Alma and his brethren,

who had fled into the wilderness.