Unit 69

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20 occurrences in 15 verses

Alma 54:1, 11, 13,

Alma 55:2, 7, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31

Alma 54:1

And now it came to pass

in the commencement of the twenty and ninth year of the judges,

that Ammoron sent unto Moroni desiring that he would exchange prisoners.

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 54:13

Behold, I am in my anger, and also my people;

ye have sought to murder us,

and we have only sought to defend ourselves.

But behold, if ye seek to destroy us more

we will seek to destroy you;

yea, and we will seek our land,

the land of our first inheritance.

Alma 55:2

And he said:

Behold, I will not exchange prisoners with Ammoron

save he will withdraw his purpose, as I have stated in my epistle;

for I will not grant unto him

that he shall have any more power than what he hath got.

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 55:13

And it came to pass that they did take of the wine freely;

and it was pleasant to their taste,

therefore they took of it more freely;

and it was strong, having been prepared in its strength.

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 55:19

But behold, this was not the desire of Moroni;

he did not delight in murder or bloodshed,

but he delighted in the saving of his people from destruction;

and for this cause he might not bring upon him injustice,

he would not fall upon the Lamanites and destroy them in their drunkenness.

Alma 55:22

Now behold this was done in the night-time,

so that when the Lamanites awoke in the morning

they beheld that they were surrounded by the Nephites without,

and that their prisoners were armed within.

Alma 55:23

And thus they saw that the Nephites had power over them;

and in these circumstances they found that it was not expedient

that they should fight with the Nephites;

therefore their chief captains demanded their weapons of war,

and they brought them forth and cast them at the feet of the Nephites,

pleading for mercy.

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 55:29

Many times did the Lamanites attempt to encircle them about by night,

but in these attempts they did lose many prisoners.

Alma 55:31

But behold, the Nephites were not slow

to remember the Lord their God in this their time of affliction.

They could not be taken in their snares;

yea, they would not partake of their wine,

save they had first given to some of the Lamanite prisoners.