Unit 5

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5 occurrences in 5 verses

1 Nephi 17:20, 21, 23, 24, 34

1 Nephi 17:20

And thou art like unto our father,

led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart;

yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem,

and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years;

and our women have toiled, being big with child;

and they have borne children in the wilderness

and suffered all things, save it were death;

and it would have been better that they had died

before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

1 Nephi 17:21

Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness,

which time we might have enjoyed our possessions

and the land of our inheritance;

yea, and we might have been happy.

1 Nephi 17:23

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying:

Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel,

would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians

if they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Nephi 17:24

Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage,

if the Lord had not commanded Moses

that he should lead them out of bondage?

1 Nephi 17:34

Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more choice than they

if they had been righteous?

I say unto you, Nay.