Unit 45

among the people

5 occurrences in 5 verses

Alma 1:3, 21, 24, 33,

Alma 2:1

Alma 1:3

And he had gone about among the people,

preaching to them that which he termed to be the word of God,

bearing down against the church;

declaring unto the people

that every priest and teacher ought to become popular;

and they ought not to labor with their hands,

but that they ought to be supported by the people.

Alma 1:21

Now there was a strict law among the people of the church,

that there should not any man, belonging to the church,

arise and persecute those that did not belong to the church,

and that there should be no persecution among themselves.

Alma 1:24

For the hearts of many were hardened,

and their names were blotted out,

that they were remembered no more among the people of God.

And also many withdrew themselves from among them.

Alma 1:33

And it came to pass that by thus exercising the law upon them,

every man suffering according to that which he had done,

they became more still,

and durst not commit any wickedness if it were known;

therefore, there was much peace among the people of Nephi

until the fifth year of the reign of the judges.

Alma 2:1

And it came to pass in the commencement of the fifth year of their reign

there began to be a contention among the people;

for a certain man, being called Amlici,

he being a very cunning man,

yea, a wise man as to the wisdom of the world,

he being after the order of the man that slew Gideon by the sword,

who was executed according to the law —