Unit 69

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7 occurrences in 5 verses

Alma 54:3, 9, 10, 16,

Alma 55:19

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 54:9

And now behold, we are prepared to receive you;

yea, and except you withdraw your purposes,

behold, ye will pull down

the wrath of that God whom you have rejected

upon you,

even to your utter destruction.

Alma 54:10

But, as the Lord liveth,

our armies shall come upon you except ye withdraw,

and ye shall soon be visited with death,

for we will retain our cities and our lands;

yea, and we will maintain our religion and the cause of our God.

Alma 54:16

I am Ammoron, the king of the Lamanites;

I am the brother of Amalickiah whom ye have murdered.

Behold, I will avenge his blood upon you,

yea, and I will come upon you with my armies

for I fear not your threatenings.

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.