Unit 66

that they

7 occurrences in 7 verses

Alma 50:1, 5, 10, 12, 29, 32, 34

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 50:5

And they were prepared that they could cast stones from the top thereof,

according to their pleasure and their strength,

and slay him who should attempt to approach near the walls of the city.

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 50:12

Thus Moroni, with his armies,

which did increase daily because of the assurance of protection

which his works did bring forth unto them,

did seek to cut off the strength and the power of the Lamanites

from off the lands of their possessions,

that they should have no power upon the lands of their possession.

Alma 50:29

Therefore, Morianton put it into their hearts

that they should flee to the land which was northward,

which was covered with large bodies of water,

and take possession of the land which was northward.

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 50:34

And it came to pass that they did not head them

until they had come to the borders of the land Desolation;

and there they did head them, by the narrow pass

which led by the sea into the land northward,

yea, by the sea, on the west and on the east.