Unit 40

of the Lamanites

18 occurrences in 17 verses

Mosiah 19:6, 15, 25, 26, 28,

Mosiah 20:1, 4, 5, 12, 13, 18, 25,

Mosiah 21:10, 15, 19, 20, 36

Mosiah 19:6

And Gideon pursued after him

and was about to get upon the tower to slay the king,

and the king cast his eyes round about towards the land of Shemlon,

and behold, the army of the Lamanites were within the borders of the land.

Mosiah 19:15

Therefore the Lamanites did spare their lives, and took them captives

and carried them back to the land of Nephi, and granted unto them

that they might possess the land, under the conditions

that they would deliver up king Noah into the hands of the Lamanites,

and deliver up their property,

even one half of all they possessed,

one half of their gold, and their silver, and all their precious things,

and thus they should pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites from year to year.

Mosiah 19:25

And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites made an oath unto them,

that his people should not slay them.

Mosiah 19:26

And also Limhi, being the son of the king,

having the kingdom conferred upon him by the people,

made oath unto the king of the Lamanites

that his people should pay tribute unto him,

even one half of all they possessed.

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 20:1

Now there was a place in Shemlon

where the daughters of the Lamanites did gather themselves together

to sing, and to dance, and to make themselves merry.

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 20:12

And it came to pass that they found the king of the Lamanites

among the number of their dead;

yet he was not dead,

having been wounded and left upon the ground,

so speedy was the flight of his people.

Mosiah 20:13

And they took him and bound up his wounds,

and brought him before Limhi, and said:

Behold, here is the king of the Lamanites;

he having received a wound has fallen among their dead,

and they have left him;

and behold, we have brought him before you;

and now let us slay him.

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 20:25

And it came to pass that they followed the king,

and went forth without arms to meet the Lamanites.

And it came to pass that they did meet the Lamanites;

and the king of the Lamanites did bow himself down before them,

and did plead in behalf of the people of Limhi.

Mosiah 21:10

Now there were a great many widows in the land,

and they did cry mightily from day to day,

for a great fear of the Lamanites had come upon them.

Mosiah 21:15

And now the Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities;

nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries,

and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites

that they began to ease their burdens;

yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.

Mosiah 21:19

And the king himself did not trust his person without the walls of the city,

unless he took his guards with him,

fearing that he might by some means fall into the hands of the Lamanites.

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 21:36

And now all the study of Ammon and his people, and king Limhi and his people,

was to deliver themselves out of the hands of the Lamanites and from bondage.