Unit 44

all the

16 occurrences in 11 verses



Mosiah 28:20,

Mosiah 29:1, 14, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 44



Mosiah 28:20

And now, as I said unto you, that

after king Mosiah had done these things,

he took the plates of brass, and all the things which he had kept,

and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of Alma;

yea, all the records, and also the interpreters,

and conferred them upon him,

and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them,

and also keep a record of the people,

handing them down from one generation to another,

even as they had been handed down from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.



Mosiah 29:1

Now when Mosiah had done this

he sent out throughout all the land, among all the people,

desiring to know their will concerning who should be their king.



Mosiah 29:14

And even I myself have labored

with all the power and faculties which I have possessed,

to teach you the commandments of God,

and to establish peace throughout the land,

that there should be no wars nor contentions,

no stealing, nor plundering, nor murdering, nor any manner of iniquity;



Mosiah 29:33

And many more things did king Mosiah write unto them,

unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king,

yea, all the travails of soul for their people,

and also all the murmurings of the people to their king;

and he explained it all unto them.



Mosiah 29:34

And he told them that these things ought not to be;

but that the burden should come upon all the people,

that every man might bear his part.



Mosiah 29:35

And he also unfolded unto them all the disadvantages they labored under,

by having an unrighteous king to rule over them;



Mosiah 29:36

Yea, all his iniquities and abominations,

and all the wars, and contentions, and bloodshed,

and the stealing, and the plundering,

and the committing of whoredoms,

and all manner of iniquities which cannot be enumerated —

telling them that these things ought not to be,

that they were expressly repugnant to the commandments of God.



Mosiah 29:38

Therefore they relinquished their desires for a king,

and became exceedingly anxious

that every man should have an equal chance throughout all the land;

yea, and every man expressed a willingness to answer for his own sins.



Mosiah 29:41

And it came to pass that they did appoint judges to rule over them,

or to judge them according to the law;

and this they did throughout all the land.



Mosiah 29:42

And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the first chief judge,

he being also the high priest,

his father having conferred the office upon him,

and having given him the charge concerning all the affairs of the church.



Mosiah 29:44

And thus commenced the reign of the judges throughout all the land of Zarahemla,

among all the people who were called the Nephites;

and Alma was the first and chief judge.