Unit 69

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39 occurrences in 21 verses

Alma 54:17,

Alma 55:3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34

Alma 54:17

For behold, your fathers did wrong their brethren,

insomuch that they did rob them of their right to the government

when it rightly belonged unto them.

Alma 55:3

Behold, I know the place where the Lamanites do guard my people

whom they have taken prisoners;

and as Ammoron would not grant unto me mine epistle,

behold, I will give unto him according to my words;

yea, I will seek death among them until they shall sue for peace.

Alma 55:5

And it came to pass that they found one, whose name was Laman;

and he was one of the servants of the king who was murdered by Amalickiah.

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 55:9

Now when the Lamanites heard these words

they received him with joy;

and they said unto him:

Give us of your wine, that we may drink;

we are glad that ye have thus taken wine with you

for we are weary.

Alma 55:11

For, said they: We are weary,

therefore let us take of the wine,

and by and by we shall receive wine for our rations,

which will strengthen us to go against the Nephites.

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 55:14

And it came to pass they did drink and were merry,

and by and by they were all drunken.

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 55:18

But had they awakened the Lamanites,

behold they were drunken

and the Nephites could have slain them.

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 55:24

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 55:27

And it came to pass that they did,

notwithstanding all the intrigues of the Lamanites,

keep and protect all the prisoners whom they had taken,

and also maintain all the ground and the advantage which they had retaken.

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 55:30

And many times did they attempt to administer of their wine to the Nephites,

that they might destroy them with poison or with drunkenness.

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.

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.

Alma 55:34

And they were continually bringing new forces into that city,

and also new supplies of provisions.