Unit 69

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32 occurrences in 20 verses

Alma 54:3, 11, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,

Alma 55:1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 32

Alma 54:3

Now the Lamanites had taken many women and children,

and there was not a woman nor a child among all the prisoners of Moroni,

or the prisoners whom Moroni had taken;

therefore Moroni resolved upon a stratagem to obtain

as many prisoners of the Nephites from the Lamanites as it were possible.

Alma 54:11

But behold, it supposeth me that I talk to you concerning these things in vain;

or it supposeth me that thou art a child of hell;

therefore I will close my epistle by telling you

that I will not exchange prisoners, save it be on conditions

that ye will deliver up a man and his wife and his children, for one prisoner;

if this be the case that ye will do it, I will exchange.

Alma 54:14

Now I close my epistle.

I am Moroni;

I am a leader of the people of the Nephites.

Alma 54:20

Nevertheless, I will grant to exchange prisoners according to your request, gladly,

that I may preserve my food for my men of war;

and we will wage a war which shall be eternal,

either to the subjecting the Nephites to our authority

or to their eternal extinction.

Alma 54:21

And as concerning that God whom ye say we have rejected,

behold, we know not such a being; neither do ye;

but if it so be that there is such a being,

we know not but that he hath made us as well as you.

Alma 54:22

And if it so be that there is a devil and a hell,

behold will he not send you there

to dwell with my brother whom ye have murdered,

whom ye have hinted that he hath gone to such a place?

But behold these things matter not.

Alma 54:23

I am Ammoron, and a descendant of Zoram,

whom your fathers pressed and brought out of Jerusalem.

Alma 54:24

And behold now, I am a bold Lamanite;

behold, this war hath been waged to avenge their wrongs,

and to maintain and to obtain their rights to the government;

and I close my epistle to Moroni.

Alma 55:1

Now it came to pass that when Moroni had received this epistle

he was more angry,

because he knew that Ammoron had a perfect knowledge of his fraud;

yea, he knew that Ammoron knew that it was not a just cause

that had caused him to wage a war against the people of Nephi.

Alma 55:4

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

he caused that a search should be made among his men,

that perhaps he might find a man

who was a descendant of Laman among them.

Alma 55:6

Now Moroni caused that Laman and a small number of his men

should go forth unto the guards who were over the Nephites.

Alma 55:7

Now the Nephites were guarded in the city of Gid;

therefore Moroni appointed Laman and caused that a small number of men

should go with him.

Alma 55:8

And when it was evening

Laman went to the guards who were over the Nephites,

and behold, they saw him coming and they hailed him;

but he saith unto them:

Fear not;

behold, I am a Lamanite.

Behold, we have escaped from the Nephites, and they sleep;

and behold we have taken of their wine and brought with us.

Alma 55:15

And now when Laman and his men saw

that they were all drunken, and were in a deep sleep,

they returned to Moroni and told him all the things that had happened.

Alma 55:16

And now this was according to the design of Moroni.

And Moroni had prepared his men with weapons of war;

and he went to the city Gid,

while the Lamanites were in a deep sleep and drunken,

and cast in weapons of war unto the prisoners,

insomuch that they were all armed;

Alma 55:17

Yea, even to their women, and all those of their children,

as many as were able to use a weapon of war,

when Moroni had armed all those prisoners;

and all those things were done in a profound silence.

Alma 55:21

And then he caused the men who were with him

to withdraw a pace from them, and surround the armies of the Lamanites.

Alma 55:24

Now behold, this was the desire of Moroni.

He took them prisoners of war, and took possession of the city,

and caused that all the prisoners should be liberated, who were Nephites;

and they did join the army of Moroni, and were a great strength to his army.

Alma 55:25

And it came to pass that

he did cause the Lamanites, whom he had taken prisoners,

that they should commence a labor

in strengthening the fortifications round about the city Gid.

Alma 55:32

And they were thus cautious

that no poison should be administered among them;

for if their wine would poison a Lamanite

it would also poison a Nephite;

and thus they did try all their liquors.