Unit 65

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20 occurrences in 17 verses

Alma 45:16,

Alma 46:10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 36,

Alma 47:7, 10,

Alma 48:12,

Alma 49:4, 6, 11, 24

Alma 45:16

And he said:

Thus saith the Lord God —

Cursed shall be the land, yea, this land,

unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people,

unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe;

and as I have said so shall it be;

for this is the cursing and the blessing of God upon the land,

for the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.

Alma 46:10

Yea, we see that Amalickiah,

because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words,

that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly;

yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God,

and to destroy the foundation of liberty

which God had granted unto them,

or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land

for the righteous' sake.

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 46:18

And he said:

Surely God shall not suffer that we, who are despised

because we take upon us the name of Christ,

shall be trodden down and destroyed,

until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions.

Alma 46:19

And when Moroni had said these words,

he went forth among the people,

waving the rent part of his garment in the air,

that all might see the writing which he had written upon the rent part,

and crying with a loud voice, saying:

Alma 46:20

Behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land,

let them come forth in the strength of the Lord,

and enter into a covenant

that they will maintain their rights, and their religion,

that the Lord God may bless them.

Alma 46:21

And it came to pass that when Moroni had proclaimed these words,

behold, the people came running together

with their armor girded about their loins,

rending their garments in token, or as a covenant,

that they would not forsake the Lord their God;

or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God,

or fall into transgression,

and be ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ,

the Lord should rend them even as they had rent their garments.

Alma 46:36

And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty

to be hoisted upon every tower

which was in all the land, which was possessed by the Nephites;

and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites.

Alma 47:7

And it came to pass that they had gathered themselves together

upon the top of the mount which was called Antipas,

in preparation to battle.

Alma 47:10

And it came to pass that when it was night

he sent a secret embassy into the mount Antipas,

desiring that the leader of those who were upon the mount,

whose name was Lehonti,

that he should come down to the foot of the mount,

for he desired to speak with him.

Alma 48:12

Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God,

for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people;

a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.

Alma 49:4

But behold, how great was their disappointment;

for behold, the Nephites had dug up a ridge of earth round about them,

which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast

their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect,

neither could they come upon them

save it was by their place of entrance.

Alma 49:6

Now the leaders of the Lamanites had supposed,

because of the greatness of their numbers,

yea, they supposed that they should be privileged

to come upon them as they had hitherto done;

yea, and they had also prepared themselves with shields, and with breastplates;

and they had also prepared themselves with garments of skins,

yea, very thick garments to cover their nakedness.

Alma 49:11

But behold, Amalickiah did not come down himself to battle.

And behold, his chief captains durst not attack

the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah,

for Moroni had altered the management of affairs among the Nephites,

insomuch that the Lamanites were disappointed in their places of retreat

and they could not come upon them.

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.