Unit 45

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27 occurrences in 26 verses

Alma 1:1, 8, 9, 17, 21, 23, 25, 29,

Alma 2:2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 16, 22, 31,

Alma 3:1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25

Alma 1:1

now it came to pass that

in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

from this time forward,

king Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth,

having warred a good warfare,

walking uprightly before God,

leaving none to reign in his stead;

nevertheless he had established laws,

and they were acknowledged by the people;

therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.

Alma 1:8

now the name of the man was Gideon;

and it was he who was an instrument in the hands of God

in delivering the people of Limhi out of bondage.

Alma 1:9

now, because Gideon withstood him with the words of God

he was wroth with Gideon, and drew his sword and began to smite him.

now Gideon being stricken with many years,

therefore he was not able to withstand his blows,

therefore he was slain by the sword.

Alma 1:17

Nevertheless, they durst not lie, if it were known, for fear of the law,

for liars were punished;

therefore they pretended to preach according to their belief;

and now the law could have no power on any man for his belief.

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 1:23

now this was in the second year of the reign of Alma,

and it was a cause of much affliction to the church;

yea, it was the cause of much trial with the church.

Alma 1:25

now this was a great trial to those that did stand fast in the faith;

nevertheless, they were steadfast and immovable

in keeping the commandments of God,

and they bore with patience the persecution which was heaped upon them.

Alma 1:29

And now, because of the steadiness of the church

they began to be exceedingly rich,

having abundance of all things whatsoever they stood in need —

an abundance of flocks and herds, and fatlings of every kind,

and also abundance of grain, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious things,

and abundance of silk and fine-twined linen, and all manner of good homely cloth.

Alma 2:2

now this Amlici had, by his cunning, drawn away much people after him;

even so much that they began to be very powerful;

and they began to endeavor to establish Amlici to be a king over the people.

Alma 2:3

now this was alarming to the people of the church,

and also to all those who had not been drawn away after the persuasions of Amlici;

for they knew that according to their law

that such things must be established by the voice of the people.

Alma 2:8

now this did cause much joy in the hearts of those who were against him;

but Amlici did stir up those who were in his favor

to anger against those who were not in his favor.

Alma 2:10

now when Amlici was made king over them

he commanded them that they should take up arms against their brethren;

and this he did that he might subject them to him.

Alma 2:11

now the people of Amlici were distinguished by the name of Amlici,

being called Amlicites;

and the remainder were called Nephites, or the people of God.

Alma 2:16

now Alma, being the chief judge and the governor of the people of Nephi,

therefore he went up with his people,

yea, with his captains, and chief captains,

yea, at the head of his armies,

against the Amlicites to battle.

Alma 2:22

now those whom he had sent out to watch the camp of the Amlicites

were called Zeram, and Amnor, and Manti, and Limher;

these were they who went out with their men to watch the camp of the Amlicites.

Alma 2:31

now when Alma had said these words

he contended again with Amlici;

and he was strengthened,

insomuch that he slew Amlici with the sword.

Alma 3:1

And it came to pass that

the Nephites who were not slain by the weapons of war,

after having buried those who had been slain

— now the number of the slain were not numbered,

because of the greatness of their number —

after they had finished burying their dead

they all returned to their lands,

and to their houses, and their wives, and their children.

Alma 3:2

now many women and children had been slain with the sword,

and also many of their flocks and their herds;

and also many of their fields of grain were destroyed,

for they were trodden down by the hosts of men.

Alma 3:3

And now as many of the Lamanites and the Amlicites

who had been slain upon the bank of the river Sidon

were cast into the waters of Sidon;

and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea,

and they are many.

Alma 3:5

now the heads of the Lamanites were shorn;

and they were naked, save it were skin which was girded about their loins,

and also their armor, which was girded about them,

and their bows, and their arrows, and their stones, and their slings, and so forth.

Alma 3:13

now we will return again to the Amlicites,

for they also had a mark set upon them;

yea, they set the mark upon themselves,

yea, even a mark of red upon their foreheads.

Alma 3:18

now the Amlicites knew not that they were fulfilling the words of God

when they began to mark themselves in their foreheads;

nevertheless they had come out in open rebellion against God;

therefore it was expedient that the curse should fall upon them.

Alma 3:19

now I would that ye should see that they brought upon themselves the curse;

and even so doth every man that is cursed

bring upon himself his own condemnation.

Alma 3:20

now it came to pass that not many days after the battle

which was fought in the land of Zarahemla, by the Lamanites and the Amlicites,

that there was another army of the Lamanites came in upon the people of Nephi,

in the same place where the first army met the Amlicites.

Alma 3:22

now Alma himself being afflicted with a wound

did not go up to battle at this time against the Lamanites;

Alma 3:25

now all these things were done,

yea, all these wars and contentions

were commenced and ended in the fifth year of the reign of the judges.