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Unit 58
Segment 8 of 12 [#360]
The Descendants of Amulon and the Other Priests of Noah
Alma 25:4 - Alma 25:12
Duration: 1:54
Alma 25:4
And among the Lamanites who were slain
were almost all the seed of Amulon and his brethren,
who were the priests of Noah,
and they were slain by the hands of the Nephites;
Alma 25:5
And the remainder, having fled into the east wilderness,
and having usurped the power and authority over the Lamanites,
caused that many of the Lamanites should perish by fire because of their belief —
Alma 25:6
For many of them, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions,
began to be stirred up in remembrance of the words
which Aaron and his brethren had preached to them in their land;
therefore they began to disbelieve the traditions of their fathers,
and to believe in the Lord,
and that he gave great power unto the Nephites;
and thus there were many of them converted in the wilderness.
Alma 25:7
And it came to pass that those rulers
who were the remnant of the children of Amulon
caused that they should be put to death,
yea, all those that believed in these things.
Alma 25:8
Now this martyrdom caused
that many of their brethren should be stirred up to anger;
and there began to be contention in the wilderness;
and the Lamanites began to hunt the seed of Amulon and his brethren
and began to slay them;
and they fled into the east wilderness.
Alma 25:9
And behold they are hunted at this day by the Lamanites.
Thus the words of Abinadi were brought to pass,
which he said concerning the seed of the priests
who caused that he should suffer death by fire.
Alma 25:10
For he said unto them:
What ye shall do unto me shall be a type of things to come.
Alma 25:11
And now Abinadi was the first
that suffered death by fire because of his belief in God;
now this is what he meant,
that many should suffer death by fire, according as he had suffered.
Alma 25:12
And he said unto the priests of Noah
that their seed should cause many to be put to death, in the like manner as he was,
and that they should be scattered abroad and slain,
even as a sheep having no shepherd is driven and slain by wild beasts;
and now behold, these words were verified,
for they were driven by the Lamanites,
and they were hunted, and they were smitten.
The End of Unit 58 - Segment 8