Unit 59

the land of

17 occurrences in 10 verses

Alma 27:1, 5, 14, 15, 20, 22, 26,

Alma 28:1, 8,

Alma 29:14

Alma 27:1

Now it came to pass that

when those Lamanites who had gone to war against the Nephites had found,

after their many struggles to destroy them,

that it was in vain to seek their destruction,

they returned again to the land of Nephi.

Alma 27:5

Let us gather together this people of the Lord,

and let us go down to the land of Zarahemla to our brethren the Nephites,

and flee out of the hands of our enemies, that we be not destroyed.

Alma 27:14

And they gathered together all their people,

yea, all the people of the Lord,

and did gather together all their flocks and herds,

and departed out of the land, and came into the wilderness

which divided the land of Nephi from the land of Zarahemla,

and came over near the borders of the land.

Alma 27:15

And it came to pass that Ammon said unto them:

Behold, I and my brethren will go forth into the land of Zarahemla,

and ye shall remain here until we return;

and we will try the hearts of our brethren,

whether they will that ye shall come into their land.

Alma 27:20

And now it came to pass that Alma conducted his brethren

back to the land of Zarahemla; even to his own house.

And they went and told the chief judge

all the things that had happened unto them

in the land of Nephi, among their brethren, the Lamanites.

Alma 27:22

And it came to pass that the voice of the people came, saying:

Behold, we will give up the land of Jershon,

which is on the east by the sea,

which joins the land Bountiful,

which is on the south of the land Bountiful;

and this land Jershon is the land

which we will give unto our brethren for an inheritance.

Alma 27:26

And it came to pass that it did cause great joy among them.

And they went down into the land of Jershon,

and took possession of the land of Jershon;

and they were called by the Nephites the people of Ammon;

therefore they were distinguished by that name ever after.

Alma 28:1

And now it came to pass that

after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon,

and a church also established in the land

of Jershon,

and the armies of the Nephites were set round about the land of Jershon,

yea, in all the borders round about the land of Zarahemla;

behold the armies of the Lamanites had followed their brethren into the wilderness.

Alma 28:8

And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren,

their journeyings in the land of Nephi,

their sufferings in the land,

their sorrows, and their afflictions,

and their incomprehensible joy,

and the reception and safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon.

And now may the Lord, the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever.

Alma 29:14

But I do not joy in my own success alone,

but my joy is more full because of the success of my brethren,

who have been up to the land of Nephi.