Unit 65

land

47 occurrences in 33 verses

Alma 45:8, 16, 18, 22,

Alma 46:4, 10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 22, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, 40,

Alma 47:1, 20, 29, 35,

Alma 48:2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 25,

Alma 49:1, 10, 12, 13, 15, 25

Alma 45:8

Then Alma said unto him:

Blessed art thou;

and the Lord shall prosper thee in this land.

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 45:18

And when Alma had done this he departed out of the land of Zarahemla,

as if to go into the land of Melek.

And it came to pass that he was never heard of more;

as to his death or burial we know not of.

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 46:4

And Amalickiah was desirous to be a king;

and those people who were wroth were also desirous

that he should be their king;

and they were the greater part of them the lower judges of the land,

and they were seeking for power.

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 46:13

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 46:16

And therefore, at this time, Moroni prayed

that the cause of the Christians, and the freedom of the land might be favored.

Alma 46:17

And it came to pass that when he had poured out his soul to God,

he named all the land which was south of the land Desolation,

yea, and in fine, all the land, both on the north and on the south —

A chosen land, and the land of liberty.

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 46:22

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 46:28

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 46:29

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 46:33

And it came to pass that Amalickiah fled with a small number of his men,

and the remainder were delivered up into the hands of Moroni

and were taken back into the land of Zarahemla.

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 46:37

And they began to have peace again in the land;

and thus they did maintain peace in the land

until nearly the end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges.

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 47:1

Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah

and those who had fled with him into the wilderness;

for, behold, he had taken those who went with him,

and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites,

and did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi,

insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation

throughout all his land, among all his people,

that they should gather themselves together again

to go to battle against the Nephites.

Alma 47:20

And it came to pass that Amalickiah marched with his armies

(for he had gained his desires)

to the land of Nephi, to the city of Nephi, which was the chief city.

Alma 47:29

Now when the servants of the king saw an army pursuing after them,

they were frightened again, and fled into the wilderness,

and came over into the land of Zarahemla and joined the people of Ammon.

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 48:2

And thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites,

insomuch that in the latter end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges,

he having accomplished his designs thus far,

yea, having been made king over the Lamanites,

he sought also to reign over all the land,

yea, and all the people who were in the land,

the Nephites as well as the Lamanites.

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 48:8

Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites,

and erecting small forts, or places of resort;

throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies,

and also building walls of stone to encircle them about,

round about their cities and the borders of their lands;

yea, all round about the land.

Alma 48:9

And in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of men;

and thus he did fortify and strengthen the land

which was possessed by the Nephites.

Alma 48:15

And this was their faith,

that by so doing God would prosper them in the land,

or in other words, if they were faithful in keeping the commandments of God

that he would prosper them in the land;

yea, warn them to flee, or to prepare for war, according to their danger;

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 49:1

And now it came to pass in the eleventh month of the nineteenth year,

on the tenth day of the month,

the armies of the Lamanites were seen approaching

towards the land of Ammonihah.

Alma 49:10

Now, if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi,

at the head of his army,

perhaps he would have caused

the Lamanites to have attacked the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah;

for behold, he did care not for the blood of his people.

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.

Alma 49:15

And now, behold, this was wisdom in Moroni;

for he had supposed that they would be frightened at the city Ammonihah;

and as the city of Noah had hitherto been the weakest part of the land,

therefore they would march thither to battle;

and thus it was according to his desires.

Alma 49:25

And it came to pass, that when the Lamanites saw

that their chief captains were all slain

they fled into the wilderness.

And it came to pass that they returned to the land of Nephi,

to inform their king, Amalickiah, who was a Nephite by birth,

concerning their great loss.