Unit 65

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12 occurrences in 12 verses

Alma 45:19,

Alma 46:12, 13, 15, 29, 31,

Alma 47:31, 34, 35,

Alma 48:6,

Alma 49:12, 13

Alma 45:19

Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man;

and the saying went abroad in the church

that he was taken up by the Spirit,

or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses.

But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself;

and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself;

therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial.

Alma 46:12

And it came to pass that he rent his coat;

and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it —

In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace,

our wives, and our children —

and he fastened it upon the end of a pole.

Alma 46:13

And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields,

and girded on his armor about his loins;

and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat,

(and he called it the title of liberty)

and he bowed himself to the earth,

and he prayed mightily unto his God

for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren,

so long as there should a band of Christians remain to possess the land —

Alma 46:15

And those who did belong to the church were faithful;

yea, all those who were true believers in Christ

took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ,

or Christians as they were called,

because of their belief in Christ who should come.

Alma 46:29

And it came to pass that when Amalickiah saw

that the people of Moroni were more numerous than the Amalickiahites —

and he also saw that his people were doubtful

concerning the justice of the cause in which they had undertaken —

therefore, fearing that he should not gain the point,

he took those of his people who would and departed into the land of Nephi.

Alma 46:31

Therefore Moroni thought it was expedient

that he should take his armies,

who had gathered themselves together, and armed themselves,

and entered into a covenant to keep the peace —

and it came to pass that

he took his army and marched out with his tents into the wilderness,

to cut off the course of Amalickiah in the wilderness.

Alma 47:31

And it came to pass on the morrow

he entered the city Nephi with his armies, and took possession of the city.

Alma 47:34

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah took the same servant that slew the king,

and all them who were with him,

and went in unto the queen, unto the place where she sat;

and they all testified unto her that the king was slain by his own servants;

and they said also:

They have fled;

does not this testify against them?

And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the death of the king.

Alma 47:35

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife;

and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants,

he obtained the kingdom;

yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land,

among all the people of the Lamanites,

who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites,

and all the dissenters of the Nephites,

from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.

Alma 48:6

And it came to pass that they took their camp,

and moved forth toward the land of Zarahemla in the wilderness.

Alma 49:12

Therefore they retreated into the wilderness,

and took their camp and marched towards the land of Noah,

supposing that to be the next best place for them to come against the Nephites.

Alma 49:13

For they knew not that Moroni had fortified,

or had built forts of security, for every city in all the land round about;

therefore, they marched forward to the land of Noah with a firm determination;

yea, their chief captains came forward and took an oath

that they would destroy the people of that city.