Unit 40

were desirous to

4 occurrences in 4 verses

Mosiah 21:21, 33, 34, 35

Mosiah 21:21

For they were desirous to take them that they might punish them;

for they had come into the land of Nephi by night,

and carried off their grain and many of their precious things;

therefore they laid wait for them.

Mosiah 21:33

And it came to pass that

king Limhi and many of his people were desirous to be baptized;

but there was none in the land that had authority from God.

And Ammon declined doing this thing,

considering himself an unworthy servant.

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.

Mosiah 21:35

They were desirous to be baptized as a witness and a testimony

that they were willing to serve God with all their hearts;

nevertheless they did prolong the time;

and an account of their baptism shall be given hereafter.