Unit 64

of the Nephites

15 occurrences in 13 verses

Alma 43:4, 9, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 30, 37, 44, 51,

Alma 44:18, 23

Alma 43:4

For behold, it came to pass that the Zoramites became Lamanites;

therefore, in the commencement of the eighteenth year

the people of the Nephites saw that the Lamanites were coming upon them;

therefore they made preparations for war;

yea, they gathered together their armies in the land of Jershon.

Alma 43:9

And now the design of the Nephites was to support their lands, and their houses,

and their wives, and their children,

that they might preserve them from the hands of their enemies;

and also that they might preserve their rights and their privileges,

yea, and also their liberty,

that they might worship God according to their desires.

Alma 43:15

And it came to pass as the armies of the Lamanites

had gathered together in the land of Antionum,

behold, the armies of the Nephites were prepared

to meet them in the land of Jershon.

Alma 43:16

Now, the leader of the Nephites,

or the man who had been appointed to be the chief captain over the Nephites —

now the chief captain took the command of all the armies of the Nephites —

and his name was Moroni;

Alma 43:17

And Moroni took all the command, and the government of their wars.

And he was only twenty and five years old

when he was appointed chief captain over the armies of the Nephites.

Alma 43:21

But they were not armed with breastplates, nor shields —

therefore, they were exceedingly afraid of the armies of the Nephites

because of their armor,

notwithstanding their number being so much greater than the Nephites.

Alma 43:23

But it came to pass, as soon as they had departed into the wilderness

Moroni sent spies into the wilderness to watch their camp;

and Moroni, also, knowing of the prophecies of Alma, sent certain men unto him,

desiring him that he should inquire of the Lord

whither the armies of the Nephites should go

to defend themselves against the Lamanites.

Alma 43:30

And he also knowing that it was the only desire of the Nephites

to preserve their lands, and their liberty, and their church,

therefore he thought it no sin that he should defend them by stratagem;

therefore, he found by his spies which course the Lamanites were to take.

Alma 43:37

And the work of death commenced on both sides,

but it was more dreadful on the part of the Lamanites,

for their nakedness was exposed to the heavy blows of the Nephites

with their swords and their cimeters,

which brought death almost at every stroke.

Alma 43:44

And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites,

who were their chief captains and leaders,

and by Zerahemnah,

who was their chief captain, or their chief leader and commander;

yea, they did fight like dragons,

and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands,

yea, for they did smite in two many of their head-plates,

and they did pierce many of their breastplates,

and they did smite off many of their arms;

and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.

Alma 43:51

Now, the Lamanites were more numerous,

yea, by more than double the number of the Nephites;

nevertheless, they were driven

insomuch that they were gathered together in one body in the valley,

upon the bank by the river Sidon.

Alma 44:18

But behold, their naked skins and their bare heads were exposed

to the sharp swords of the Nephites;

yea, behold they were pierced and smitten,

yea, and did fall exceedingly fast before the swords of the Nephites;

and they began to be swept down,

even as the soldier of Moroni had prophesied.

Alma 44:23

And the armies of the Nephites, or of Moroni, returned

and came to their houses and their lands.