Unit 57

were

36 occurrences in 24 verses

Alma 21:3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23,

Alma 22:1, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34

Alma 21:3

Now the Lamanites of themselves were sufficiently hardened,

but the Amalekites and the Amulonites were still harder;

therefore they did cause the Lamanites that they should harden their hearts,

that they should wax strong in wickedness and their abominations.

Alma 21:4

And it came to pass that Aaron came to the city of Jerusalem,

and first began to preach to the Amalekites.

And he began to preach to them in their synagogues,

for they had built synagogues after the order of the Nehors;

for many of the Amalekites and the Amulonites were after the order of the Nehors.

Alma 21:9

Now Aaron began to open the scriptures unto them

concerning the coming of Christ, and also concerning the resurrection of the dead,

and that there could be no redemption for mankind

save it were through the death and sufferings of Christ,

and the atonement of his blood.

Alma 21:10

And it came to pass as he began to expound these things unto them

they were angry with him, and began to mock him;

and they would not hear the words which he spake.

Alma 21:13

Nevertheless, Aaron and a certain number of his brethren

were taken and cast into prison,

and the remainder of them fled out of the land of Middoni

unto the regions round about.

Alma 21:14

And those who were cast into prison suffered many things,

and they were delivered by the hand of Lamoni and Ammon,

and they were fed and clothed.

Alma 21:15

And they went forth again to declare the word,

and thus they were delivered for the first time out of prison;

and thus they had suffered.

Alma 21:16

And they went forth whithersoever they were led by the Spirit of the Lord,

preaching the word of God in every synagogue of the Amalekites,

or in every assembly of the Lamanites where they could be admitted.

Alma 21:17

And it came to pass that the Lord began to bless them,

insomuch that they brought many to the knowledge of the truth;

yea, they did convince many of their sins,

and of the traditions of their fathers, which were not correct.

Alma 21:20

But he caused that there should be synagogues built in the land of Ishmael;

and he caused that his people, or the people who were under his reign,

should assemble themselves together.

Alma 21:21

And he did rejoice over them,

and he did teach them many things.

And he did also declare unto them

that they were a people who were under him,

and that they were a free people,

that they were free from the oppressions of the king, his father;

for that his father had granted unto him that he might reign over the people

who were in the land of Ishmael, and in all the land round about.

Alma 21:22

And he also declared unto them

that they might have the liberty of worshiping the Lord their God

according to their desires, in whatsoever place they were in,

if it were in the land which was under the reign of king Lamoni.

Alma 21:23

And Ammon did preach unto the people of king Lamoni;

and it came to pass that he did teach them all things

concerning things pertaining to righteousness.

And he did exhort them daily, with all diligence;

and they gave heed unto his word,

and they were zealous for keeping the commandments of God.

Alma 22:1

Now, as Ammon was thus teaching the people of Lamoni continually,

we will return to the account of Aaron and his brethren;

for after he departed from the land of Middoni

he was led by the Spirit to the land of Nephi,

even to the house of the king which was over all the land

save it were the land of Ishmael;

and he was the father of Lamoni.

Alma 22:18

O God, Aaron hath told me that there is a God;

and if there is a God, and if thou art God,

wilt thou make thyself known unto me,

and I will give away all my sins to know thee,

and that I may be raised from the dead, and be saved at the last day.

And now when the king had said these words,

he was struck as if he were dead.

Alma 22:19

And it came to pass that his servants ran and told the queen

all that had happened unto the king.

And she came in unto the king;

and when she saw him lay as if he were dead,

and also Aaron and his brethren standing

as though they had been the cause of his fall,

she was angry with them,

and commanded that her servants, or the servants of the king,

should take them and slay them.

Alma 22:23

Now this was done in the presence of the queen and many of the servants.

And when they saw it they greatly marveled, and began to fear.

And the king stood forth, and began to minister unto them.

And he did minister unto them,

insomuch that his whole household were converted unto the Lord.

Alma 22:25

But the king stood forth among them and administered unto them.

And they were pacified towards Aaron

and those who were with him.

Alma 22:26

And it came to pass that when the king saw that the people were pacified,

he caused that Aaron and his brethren should stand forth

in the midst of the multitude,

and that they should preach the word unto them.

Alma 22:27

And it came to pass that the king sent a proclamation throughout all the land,

amongst all his people who were in all his land,

who were in all the regions round about,

which was bordering even to the sea, on the east and on the west,

and which was divided from the land of Zarahemla

by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west,

and round about on the borders of the seashore, and the borders of the wilderness

which was on the north by the land of Zarahemla, through the borders of Manti,

by the head of the river Sidon, running from the east towards the west —

and thus were the Lamanites and the Nephites divided.

Alma 22:28

Now, the more idle part of the Lamanites lived in the wilderness, and dwelt in tents;

and they were spread through the wilderness on the west, in the land of Nephi;

yea, and also on the west of the land of Zarahemla, in the borders by the seashore,

and on the west in the land of Nephi, in the place of their fathers' first inheritance,

and thus bordering along by the seashore.

Alma 22:29

And also there were many Lamanites on the east by the seashore,

whither the Nephites had driven them.

And thus the Nephites were nearly surrounded by the Lamanites;

nevertheless the Nephites had taken possession of all the northern parts of the land

bordering on the wilderness, at the head of the river Sidon,

from the east to the west, round about on the wilderness side; on the north,

even until they came to the land which they called Bountiful.

Alma 22:32

And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half's journey for a Nephite,

on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation,

from the east to the west sea;

and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla

were nearly surrounded by water,

there being a small neck of land

between the land northward and the land southward.

Alma 22:34

Therefore the Lamanites could have no more possessions

only in the land of Nephi, and the wilderness round about.

Now this was wisdom in the Nephites — as the Lamanites were an enemy to them,

they would not suffer their afflictions on every hand,

and also that they might have a country

whither they might flee, according to their desires.