Unit 43

were

13 occurrences in 8 verses

Mosiah 28:3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18

Mosiah 28:3

Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature,

for they could not bear that any human soul should perish;

yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment

did cause them to quake and tremble.

Mosiah 28:4

And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them,

for they were the very vilest of sinners.

And the Lord saw fit in his infinite mercy to spare them;

nevertheless they suffered much anguish of soul because of their iniquities,

suffering much and fearing that they should be cast off forever.

Mosiah 28:11

Therefore he took the records which were engraven on the plates of brass,

and also the plates of Nephi,

and all the things which he had kept and preserved

according to the commandments of God,

after having translated and caused to be written the records

which were on the plates of gold which had been found by the people of Limhi,

which were delivered to him by the hand of Limhi;

Mosiah 28:12

And this he did because of the great anxiety of his people;

for they were desirous beyond measure

to know concerning those people who had been destroyed.

Mosiah 28:13

And now he translated them by the means of those two stones

which were fastened into the two rims of a bow.

Mosiah 28:14

Now these things were prepared from the beginning,

and were handed down from generation to generation,

for the purpose of interpreting languages;

Mosiah 28:17

Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records,

behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed,

from the time that they were destroyed

back to the building of the great tower,

at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people

and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth,

yea, and even from that time back until the creation of Adam.

Mosiah 28:18

Now this account did cause the people of Mosiah to mourn exceedingly,

yea, they were filled with sorrow;

nevertheless it gave them much knowledge,

in the which they did rejoice.