Unit 46

Alma

8 occurrences in 6 verses

Alma 4:4, 7, 11, 15, 18, 20

Alma 4:4

And they began to establish the church more fully;

yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon

and were joined to the church of God;

yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma,

who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church,

by the hand of his father Alma.

Alma 4:7

Now this was the cause of much affliction to Alma,

yea, and to many of the people whom Alma had consecrated

to be teachers, and priests, and elders over the church;

yea, many of them were sorely grieved for the wickedness

which they saw had begun to be among their people.

Alma 4:11

And it came to pass in the commencement of the ninth year,

Alma saw the wickedness of the church,

and he saw also that the example of the church

began to lead those who were unbelievers on

from one piece of iniquity to another,

thus bringing on the destruction of the people.

Alma 4:15

And now it came to pass that

Alma, having seen the afflictions of the humble followers of God,

and the persecutions which were heaped upon them by the remainder of his people,

and seeing all their inequality,

began to be very sorrowful;

nevertheless the Spirit of the Lord did not fail him.

Alma 4:18

Now Alma did not grant unto him the office of being high priest over the church,

but he retained the office of high priest unto himself;

but he delivered the judgment-seat unto Nephihah.

Alma 4:20

And thus in the commencement of the ninth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

Alma delivered up the judgment-seat to Nephihah,

and confined himself wholly to the high priesthood of the holy order of God,

to the testimony of the word, according to the spirit of revelation and prophecy.