Unit 65

brethren

20 occurrences in 17 verses

Alma 45:22, 23,

Alma 46:1, 3, 6, 13, 22, 23,

Alma 47:15,

Alma 48:11, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25,

Alma 49:7, 30

Alma 45:22

Therefore, Helaman and his brethren went forth

to establish the church again in all the land,

yea, in every city throughout all the land

which was possessed by the people of Nephi.

And it came to pass that they did appoint priests and teachers

throughout all the land, over all the churches.

Alma 45:23

And now it came to pass that after Helaman and his brethren

had appointed priests and teachers over the churches

that there arose a dissension among them,

and they would not give heed to the words of Helaman and his brethren;

Alma 46:1

And it came to pass that

as many as would not hearken to the words of Helaman and his brethren

were gathered together against their brethren.

Alma 46:3

Now the leader of those who were wroth against their brethren

was a large and a strong man;

and his name was Amalickiah.

Alma 46:6

Thus they were led away by Amalickiah to dissensions,

notwithstanding the preaching of Helaman and his brethren,

yea, notwithstanding their exceedingly great care over the church,

for they were high priests over the church.

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 46:22

Now this was the covenant which they made,

and they cast their garments at the feet of Moroni, saying:

We covenant with our God, that we shall be destroyed,

even as our brethren in the land northward,

if we shall fall into transgression;

yea, he may cast us at the feet of our enemies,

even as we have cast our garments at thy feet

to be trodden under foot, if we shall fall into transgression.

Alma 46:23

Moroni said unto them:

Behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob;

yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph,

whose coat was rent by his brethren into many pieces;

yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep the commandments of God,

or our garments shall be rent by our brethren,

and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.

Alma 47:15

And it came to pass that when they saw that they were surrounded,

they plead with Amalickiah

that he would suffer them to fall in with their brethren,

that they might not be destroyed.

Now this was the very thing which Amalickiah desired.

Alma 48:11

And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man;

he was a man of a perfect understanding;

yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed;

a man whose soul did joy in the liberty

and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;

Alma 48:19

Now behold, Helaman and his brethren

were no less serviceable unto the people than was Moroni;

for they did preach the word of God,

and they did baptize unto repentance all men

whosoever would hearken unto their words.

Alma 48:21

But, as I have said, in the latter end of the nineteenth year,

yea, notwithstanding their peace amongst themselves,

they were compelled reluctantly to contend with their brethren, the Lamanites.

Alma 48:23

Now, they were sorry to take up arms against the Lamanites,

because they did not delight in the shedding of blood;

yea, and this was not all —

they were sorry to be the means of sending so many of their brethren

out of this world into an eternal world, unprepared to meet their God.

Alma 48:24

Nevertheless, they could not suffer to lay down their lives,

that their wives and their children should be massacred

by the barbarous cruelty of those who were once their brethren,

yea, and had dissented from their church,

and had left them and had gone to destroy them by joining the Lamanites.

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 49:7

And being thus prepared

they supposed that they should easily overpower

and subject their brethren to the yoke of bondage,

or slay and massacre them according to their pleasure.

Alma 49:30

Yea, and there was continual peace among them,

and exceedingly great prosperity in the church

because of their heed and diligence which they gave unto the word of God,

which was declared unto them

by Helaman, and Shiblon, and Corianton, and Ammon and his brethren,

yea, and by all those who had been ordained by the holy order of God,

being baptized unto repentance,

and sent forth to preach among the people.