Alma 17:5

Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their journeyings,

for they had many afflictions;

they did suffer much, both in body and in mind,

such as hunger, thirst and fatigue, and also much labor in the spirit.

Alma 17:6

Now these were their journeyings:

Having taken leave of their father, Mosiah,

in the first year of the judges;

having refused the kingdom which their father was desirous to confer upon them,

and also this was the minds of the people;

Alma 17:7

Nevertheless they departed out of the land of Zarahemla,

and took their swords, and their spears,

and their bows, and their arrows, and their slings;

and this they did that they might provide food for themselves

while in the wilderness.

Alma 17:8

And thus they departed into the wilderness

with their numbers which they had selected,

to go up to the land of Nephi, to preach the word of God unto the Lamanites.

Alma 17:9

And it came to pass that they journeyed many days in the wilderness,

and they fasted much and prayed much

that the Lord would grant unto them a portion of his Spirit

to go with them, and abide with them,

that they might be an instrument in the hands of God

to bring, if it were possible, their brethren, the Lamanites,

to the knowledge of the truth,

to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of their fathers,

which were not correct.

Alma 17:10

And it came to pass that

the Lord did visit them with his Spirit,

and said unto them: Be comforted.

And they were comforted.

Alma 17:11

And the Lord said unto them also:

Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word;

yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions,

that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me,

and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands

unto the salvation of many souls.

Alma 17:12

And it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiah,

and also those who were with them,

took courage to go forth unto the Lamanites

to declare unto them the word of God.

Alma 17:13

And it came to pass

when they had arrived in the borders of the land of the Lamanites,

that they separated themselves and departed one from another,

trusting in the Lord that they should meet again at the close of their harvest;

for they supposed that great was the work which they had undertaken.

Alma 17:14

And assuredly it was great,

for they had undertaken to preach the word of God

to a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people;

a people who delighted in murdering the Nephites,

and robbing and plundering them;

and their hearts were set upon riches,

or upon gold and silver, and precious stones;

yet they sought to obtain these things by murdering and plundering,

that they might not labor for them with their own hands.

Alma 17:15

Thus they were a very indolent people,

many of whom did worship idols,

and the curse of God had fallen upon them because of the traditions of their fathers;

notwithstanding the promises of the Lord were extended unto them

on the conditions of repentance.

Alma 17:16

Therefore, this was the cause

for which the sons of Mosiah had undertaken the work,

that perhaps they might bring them unto repentance;

that perhaps they might bring them to know of the plan of redemption.

Alma 17:17

Therefore they separated themselves one from another,

and went forth among them, every man alone,

according to the word and power of God which was given unto him.

Alma 17:18

Now Ammon being the chief among them,

or rather he did administer unto them,

and he departed from them,

after having blessed them according to their several stations,

having imparted the word of God unto them,

or administered unto them before his departure;

and thus they took their several journeys throughout the land.