Unit 66

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14 occurrences in 12 verses

Alma 50:1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 19, 30, 32, 38, 39

Alma 50:1

And now it came to pass that

Moroni did not stop making preparations for war,

or to defend his people against the Lamanites;

for he caused that his armies should commence

in the commencement of the twentieth year of the reign of the judges,

that they should commence in digging up heaps of earth

round about all the cities, throughout all the land

which was possessed by the Nephites.

Alma 50:2

And upon the top of these ridges of earth

he caused that there should be timbers,

yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man,

round about the cities.

Alma 50:3

And he caused that upon those works of timbers

there should be a frame of pickets built upon the timbers round about;

and they were strong and high.

Alma 50:4

And he caused towers to be erected that overlooked those works of pickets,

and he caused places of security to be built upon those towers,

that the stones and the arrows of the Lamanites could not hurt them.

Alma 50:9

And it came to pass that when Moroni had driven all the Lamanites out

of the east wilderness, which was north of the lands of their own possessions,

he caused that the inhabitants

who were in the land of Zarahemla and in the land round about

should go forth into the east wilderness,

even to the borders by the seashore,

and possess the land.

Alma 50:10

And he also placed armies on the south, in the borders of their possessions,

and caused them to erect fortifications

that they might secure their armies and their people

from the hands of their enemies.

Alma 50:11

And thus he cut off all the strongholds of the Lamanites

in the east wilderness, yea, and also on the west,

fortifying the line between the Nephites and the Lamanites,

between the land of Zarahemla and the land of Nephi,

from the west sea, running by the head of the river Sidon —

the Nephites possessing all the land northward,

yea, even all the land which was northward of the land Bountiful,

according to their pleasure.

Alma 50:19

And thus we see how merciful and just are all the dealings of the Lord,

to the fulfilling of all his words unto the children of men;

yea, we can behold that his words are verified, even at this time,

which he spake unto Lehi, saying:

Alma 50:30

And behold, they would have carried this plan into effect,

(which would have been a cause to have been lamented)

but behold, Morianton being a man of much passion,

therefore he was angry with one of his maid servants,

and he fell upon her and beat her much.

Alma 50:32

Now behold, the people who were in the land Bountiful,

or rather Moroni, feared

that they would hearken to the words of Morianton and unite with his people,

and thus he would obtain possession of those parts of the land,

which would lay a foundation for serious consequences

among the people of Nephi,

yea, which consequences would lead to the overthrow of their liberty.

Alma 50:38

Nevertheless, he had refused Alma

to take possession of those records and those things

which were esteemed by Alma and his fathers to be most sacred;

therefore Alma had conferred them upon his son, Helaman.

Alma 50:39

Behold, it came to pass that the son of Nephihah was appointed

to fill the judgment-seat, in the stead of his father;

yea, he was appointed chief judge and governor over the people,

with an oath and sacred ordinance to judge righteously,

and to keep the peace and the freedom of the people,

and to grant unto them their sacred privileges to worship the Lord their God,

yea, to support and maintain the cause of God all his days,

and to bring the wicked to justice according to their crime.