Unit 70

the land

27 occurrences in 23 verses

Alma 56:1, 2, 3, 9, 12, 14, 28, 57,

Alma 57:6, 11, 15, 16, 28, 29, 30,

Alma 58:3, 4, 23, 24, 26, 30, 35, 38

Alma 56:1

And now it came to pass

in the commencement of the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges,

on the second day in the first month,

Moroni received an epistle from Helaman,

stating the affairs of the people in that quarter of the land.

Alma 56:2

And these are the words which he wrote, saying:

My dearly beloved brother, Moroni,

as well in the Lord as in the tribulations of our warfare;

behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you

concerning our warfare in this part of the land.

Alma 56:3

Behold, two thousand of the sons of those men

whom Ammon brought down out of the land of Nephi —

now ye have known that these were descendants of Laman,

who was the eldest son of our father Lehi;

Alma 56:9

But behold, here is one thing in which we may have great joy.

For behold, in the twenty and sixth year,

I, Helaman, did march at the head of these two thousand young men

to the city of Judea, to assist Antipus,

whom ye had appointed a leader over the people of that part of the land.

Alma 56:12

And the Lamanites had also retained many prisoners,

all of whom are chief captains,

for none other have they spared alive.

And we suppose that they are now at this time in the land of Nephi;

it is so if they are not slain.

Alma 56:14

the land of Manti, or the city of Manti,

and the city of Zeezrom, and the city of Cumeni, and the city of Antiparah.

Alma 56:28

And also there were sent two thousand men unto us from the land of Zarahemla.

And thus we were prepared with ten thousand men,

and provisions for them, and also for their wives and their children.

Alma 56:57

And as we had no place for our prisoners,

that we could guard them to keep them from the armies of the Lamanites,

therefore we sent them to the land of Zarahemla,

and a part of those men who were not slain of Antipus, with them;

and the remainder I took and joined them to my stripling Ammonites,

and took our march back to the city of Judea.

Alma 57:6

And it came to pass that in the commencement of the twenty and ninth year,

we received a supply of provisions,

and also an addition to our army,

from the land of Zarahemla, and from the land round about,

to the number of six thousand men,

besides sixty of the sons of the Ammonites

who had come to join their brethren, my little band of two thousand.

And now behold, we were strong,

yea, and we had also plenty of provisions brought unto us.

Alma 57:11

And notwithstanding the Lamanites being cut off

from their support after this manner,

they were still determined to maintain the city;

therefore it became expedient

that we should take those provisions and send them to Judea,

and our prisoners to the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 57:15

Therefore it became expedient for us,

that we should put an end to their lives,

or guard them, sword in hand, down to the land of Zarahemla;

and also our provisions were not any more than sufficient for our own people,

notwithstanding that which we had taken from the Lamanites.

Alma 57:16

And now, in those critical circumstances,

it became a very serious matter to determine concerning these prisoners of war;

nevertheless, we did resolve to send them down to the land of Zarahemla;

therefore we selected a part of our men, and gave them charge over our prisoners

to go down to the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 57:28

And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded men,

and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who were many,

behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners

whom they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.

Alma 57:29

Now Gid was the chief captain over the band

who was appointed to guard them down to the land.

Alma 57:30

And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me:

Behold, we did start to go down to the land of Zarahemla with our prisoners.

And it came to pass that we did meet the spies of our armies,

who had been sent out to watch the camp of the Lamanites.

Alma 58:3

Yea, and it became expedient

that we should employ our men to the maintaining those parts of the land

which we had regained of our possessions;

therefore it became expedient that we should wait,

that we might receive more strength from the land of Zarahemla

and also a new supply of provisions.

Alma 58:4

And it came to pass that

I thus did send an embassy to the governor of our land,

to acquaint him concerning the affairs of our people.

And it came to pass that we did wait

to receive provisions and strength from the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 58:23

And it came to pass that

Gid and Teomner by this means had obtained possession of their strongholds.

And it came to pass that we took our course,

after having traveled much in the wilderness

towards the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 58:24

And when the Lamanites saw that they were marching

towards the land of Zarahemla,

they were exceedingly afraid,

lest there was a plan laid to lead them on to destruction;

therefore they began to retreat into the wilderness again,

yea, even back by the same way which they had come.

Alma 58:26

Now it came to pass that when it was night,

I caused that my men should not sleep,

but that they should march forward by another way towards the land of Manti.

Alma 58:30

Yea, and it came to pass that

the armies of the Lamanites did flee out of all this quarter of the land.

But behold, they have carried with them many women and children out of the land.

Alma 58:35

Behold, we do not know but what ye are unsuccessful,

and ye have drawn away the forces into that quarter of the land;

if so, we do not desire to murmur.

Alma 58:38

Behold, this is the twenty and ninth year, in the latter end,

and we are in the possession of our lands;

and the Lamanites have fled to the land of Nephi.