Unit 59

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48 occurrences in 27 verses

Alma 27:1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29,

Alma 28:1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12,

Alma 29:4, 8, 10, 15, 17

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 27:2

And it came to pass that

the Amalekites, because of their loss, were exceedingly angry.

And when they saw that they could not seek revenge from the Nephites,

they began to stir up the people in anger

against their brethren, the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi;

therefore they began again to destroy them.

Alma 27:3

Now this people again refused to take their arms,

and they suffered themselves to be slain according to the desires of their enemies.

Alma 27:8

And the king said unto him:

Yea, if the Lord saith unto us go, we will go down unto our brethren,

and we will be their slaves

until we repair unto them the many murders and sins

which we have committed against them.

Alma 27:12

Get this people out of this land, that they perish not;

for Satan has great hold on the hearts of the Amalekites,

who do stir up the Lamanites to anger against their brethren to slay them;

therefore get thee out of this land;

and blessed are this people in this generation,

for I will preserve them.

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 27:19

Now the joy of Alma in meeting his brethren was truly great,

and also the joy of Aaron, of Omner, and Himni;

but behold their joy was not that to exceed their strength.

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 27:21

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

desiring the voice of the people concerning the admitting their brethren,

who were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi.

Alma 27:23

And behold, we will set our armies between the land Jershon and the land Nephi,

that we may protect our brethren in the land Jershon;

and this we do for our brethren,

on account of their fear to take up arms against their brethren

lest they should commit sin;

and this their great fear came because of their sore repentance

which they had, on account of their many murders and their awful wickedness.

Alma 27:24

And now behold, this will we do unto our brethren,

that they may inherit the land Jershon;

and we will guard them from their enemies with our armies,

on condition that they will give us a portion of their substance

to assist us that we may maintain our armies.

Alma 27:25

Now, it came to pass that when Ammon had heard this,

he returned to the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, and also Alma with him,

into the wilderness, where they had pitched their tents,

and made known unto them all these things.

And Alma also related unto them his conversion,

with Ammon and Aaron, and his brethren.

Alma 27:27

And they were among the people of Nephi,

and also numbered among the people who were of the church of God.

And they were also distinguished for their zeal towards God, and also towards men;

for they were perfectly honest and upright in all things;

and they were firm in the faith of Christ, even unto the end.

Alma 27:28

And they did look upon shedding the blood of their brethren

with the greatest abhorrence;

and they never could be prevailed upon to take up arms against their brethren;

and they never did look upon death with any degree of terror,

for their hope and views of Christ and the resurrection;

therefore, death was swallowed up to them by the victory of Christ over it.

Alma 27:29

Therefore, they would suffer death in the most aggravating and distressing manner

which could be inflicted by their brethren,

before they would take the sword or cimeter to smite them.

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 28:3

Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of Nephi;

nevertheless, the Lamanites were driven and scattered,

and the people of Nephi returned again to their land.

Alma 28:5

Yea, the cry of widows mourning for their husbands,

and also of fathers mourning for their sons,

and the daughter for the brother,

yea, the brother for the father;

and thus the cry of mourning was heard among all of them,

mourning for their kindred who had been slain.

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 28:11

And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth,

while the bodies of many thousands are moldering

in heaps upon the face of the earth;

yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred,

because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord,

that they are consigned to a state of endless wo.

Alma 28:12

While many thousands of others truly mourn for the loss of their kindred,

yet they rejoice and exult in the hope,

and even know, according to the promises of the Lord,

that they are raised to dwell at the right hand of God,

in a state of never-ending happiness.

Alma 29:4

I ought not to harrow up in my desires, the firm decree of a just God,

for I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire,

whether it be unto death or unto life;

yea, I know that he allotteth unto men,

yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to their wills,

whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction.

Alma 29:8

For behold, the Lord doth grant

unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue,

to teach his word,

yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have;

therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom,

according to that which is just and true.

Alma 29:10

And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent,

and coming to the Lord their God,

then is my soul filled with joy;

then do I remember what the Lord has done for me,

yea, even that he hath heard my prayer;

yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me.

Alma 29:15

Behold, they have labored exceedingly, and have brought forth much fruit;

and how great shall be their reward!

Alma 29:17

And now may God grant unto these, my brethren,

that they may sit down in the kingdom of God;

yea, and also all those who are the fruit of their labors

that they may go no more out,

but that they may praise him forever.

And may God grant that it may be done according to my words,

even as I have spoken.

Amen.