Unit 65

there were

8 occurrences in 8 verses

Alma 46:7, 28, 35, 39, 40, 41,

Alma 48:25,

Alma 49:24

Alma 46:7

And there were many in the church

who believed in the flattering words of Amalickiah,

therefore they dissented even from the church;

and thus were the affairs of the people of Nephi

exceedingly precarious and dangerous,

notwithstanding their great victory which they had had over the Lamanites,

and their great rejoicings which they had had

because of their deliverance by the hand of the Lord.

Alma 46:28

And now it came to pass that

when Moroni had said these words

he went forth, and also sent forth

in all the parts of the land where there were dissensions,

and gathered together all the people who were desirous to maintain their liberty,

to stand against Amalickiah and those who had dissented,

who were called Amalickiahites.

Alma 46:35

And it came to pass that whomsoever of the Amalickiahites

that would not enter into a covenant to support the cause of freedom,

that they might maintain a free government,

he caused to be put to death;

and there were but few who denied the covenant of freedom.

Alma 46:39

And it came to pass that there were many who died,

firmly believing that their souls were redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ;

thus they went out of the world rejoicing.

Alma 46:40

And there were some who died with fevers,

which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land —

but not so much so with fevers,

because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots

which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases,

to which men were subject by the nature of the climate —

Alma 46:41

But there were many who died with old age;

and those who died in the faith of Christ are happy in him,

as we must needs suppose.

Alma 48:25

Yea, they could not bear

that their brethren should rejoice over the blood of the Nephites,

so long as there were any who should keep the commandments of God,

for the promise of the Lord was,

if they should keep his commandments

they should prosper in the land.

Alma 49:24

there were about fifty who were wounded,

who had been exposed to the arrows of the Lamanites through the pass,

but they were shielded by their shields, and their breastplates, and their head-plates,

insomuch that their wounds were upon their legs,

many of which were very severe.