Unit 63

were cut off

3 occurrences in 3 verses

Alma 42:6, 7, 9

Alma 42:6

But behold, it was appointed unto man to die —

therefore, as they were cut off from the tree of life

they should be cut off from the face of the earth —

and man became lost forever,

yea, they became fallen man.

Alma 42:7

And now, ye see by this that our first parents were cut off

both temporally and spiritually from the presence of the Lord;

and thus we see they became subjects to follow after their own will.

Alma 42:9

Therefore, as the soul could never die,

and the fall had brought upon all mankind a spiritual death as well as a temporal,

that is, they were cut off from the presence of the Lord,

it was expedient that mankind should be reclaimed from this spiritual death.