Alma 10:1

Now these are the words which Amulek preached unto the people

who were in the land of Ammonihah, saying:

Alma 10:2

I am Amulek;

I am the son of Giddonah,

who was the son of Ishmael,

who was a descendant of Aminadi;

and it was the same Aminadi

who interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple,

which was written by the finger of God.

Alma 10:3

And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi,

who was the son of Lehi,

who came out of the land of Jerusalem,

who was a descendant of Manasseh,

who was the son of Joseph

who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.

Alma 10:4

And behold, I am also a man of no small reputation

among all those who know me;

yea, and behold, I have many kindreds and friends,

and I have also acquired much riches by the hand of my industry.

Alma 10:5

Nevertheless, after all this, I never have known much of the ways of the Lord,

and his mysteries and marvelous power.

I said I never had known much of these things;

but behold, I mistake,

for I have seen much of his mysteries and his marvelous power;

yea, even in the preservation of the lives of this people.

Alma 10:6

Nevertheless, I did harden my heart,

for I was called many times and I would not hear;

therefore I knew concerning these things,

yet I would not know;

therefore I went on rebelling against God, in the wickedness of my heart,

even until the fourth day of this seventh month,

which is in the tenth year of the reign of the judges.

Alma 10:7

As I was journeying to see a very near kindred,

behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto me and said:

Amulek, return to thine own house,

for thou shalt feed a prophet of the Lord;

yea, a holy man, who is a chosen man of God;

for he has fasted many days because of the sins of this people,

and he is an hungered,

and thou shalt receive him into thy house and feed him,

and he shall bless thee and thy house;

and the blessing of the Lord shall rest upon thee and thy house.

Alma 10:8

And it came to pass that I obeyed the voice of the angel,

and returned towards my house.

And as I was going thither

I found the man whom the angel said unto me:

Thou shalt receive into thy house —

and behold it was this same man

who has been speaking unto you concerning the things of God.

Alma 10:9

And the angel said unto me

he is a holy man;

wherefore I know he is a holy man

because it was said by an angel of God.

Alma 10:10

And again, I know that the things whereof he hath testified are true;

for behold I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth,

even so has he sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me;

and this he has done while this Alma hath dwelt at my house.

Alma 10:11

For behold, he hath blessed mine house,

he hath blessed me, and my women, and my children,

and my father and my kinsfolk;

yea, even all my kindred hath he blessed,

and the blessing of the Lord hath rested upon us

according to the words which he spake.