Unit 42

priests

14 occurrences in 12 verses

Mosiah 23:9, 12, 17, 31, 32,

Mosiah 24:9,

Mosiah 25:19, 21,

Mosiah 26:7,

Mosiah 27:1, 5, 22

Mosiah 23:9

But remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests;

and I myself was caught in a snare,

and did many things which were abominable in the sight of the Lord,

which caused me sore repentance;

Mosiah 23:12

And now I say unto you,

ye have been oppressed by king Noah,

and have been in bondage to him and his priests,

and have been brought into iniquity by them;

therefore ye were bound with the bands of iniquity.

Mosiah 23:17

And it came to pass that

none received authority to preach or to teach

except it were by him from God.

Therefore he consecrated all their priests and all their teachers;

and none were consecrated except they were just men.

Mosiah 23:31

And behold, they had found those priests of king Noah,

in a place which they called Amulon;

and they had begun to possess the land of Amulon

and had begun to till the ground.

Mosiah 23:32

Now the name of the leader of those priests was Amulon.

Mosiah 24:9

For Amulon knew Alma,

that he had been one of the king's priests,

and that it was he that believed the words of Abinadi

and was driven out before the king,

and therefore he was wroth with him;

for he was subject to king Laman,

yet he exercised authority over them,

and put tasks upon them, and put task–masters over them.

Mosiah 25:19

And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma

that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla;

and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

Mosiah 25:21

Therefore they did assemble themselves together in different bodies,

being called churches;

every church having their priests and their teachers,

and every priest preaching the word

according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

Mosiah 26:7

And it came to pass that they were brought before the priests,

and delivered up unto the priests by the teachers;

and the priests brought them before Alma, who was the high priest.

Mosiah 27:1

And now it came to pass that

the persecutions which were inflicted on the church by the unbelievers

became so great

that the church began to murmur,

and complain to their leaders concerning the matter;

and they did complain to Alma.

And Alma laid the case before their king, Mosiah.

And Mosiah consulted with his priests.

Mosiah 27:5

Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with their own hands

for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want;

and doing these things, they did abound in the grace of God.

Mosiah 27:22

And he caused that the priests should assemble themselves together;

and they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord their God

that he would open the mouth of Alma, that he might speak,

and also that his limbs might receive their strength —

that the eyes of the people might be opened

to see and know of the goodness and glory of God.