Unit 70

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11 occurrences in 11 verses

Alma 56:36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 51,

Alma 57:8, 12, 19, 20,

Alma 58:27

Alma 56:36

And it came to pass that we did flee before them, northward.

And thus we did lead away the most powerful army of the Lamanites;

Alma 56:37

Yea, even to a considerable distance,

insomuch that when they saw the army of Antipus pursuing them, with their might,

they did not turn to the right nor to the left,

but pursued their march in a straight course after us;

and, as we suppose, it was their intent to slay us

before Antipus should overtake them,

and this that they might not be surrounded by our people.

Alma 56:39

And it came to pass that before the dawn of the morning,

behold, the Lamanites were pursuing us.

Now we were not sufficiently strong to contend with them;

yea, I would not suffer that my little sons should fall into their hands;

therefore we did continue our march,

and we took our march into the wilderness.

Alma 56:41

And it came to pass that again, when the light of the morning came

we saw the Lamanites upon us,

and we did flee before them.

Alma 56:42

But it came to pass that they did not pursue us far before they halted;

and it was in the morning of the third day of the seventh month.

Alma 56:51

For Antipus had fallen by the sword, and many of his leaders,

because of their weariness, which was occasioned by the speed of their march —

therefore the men of Antipus,

being confused because of the fall of their leaders,

began to give way before the Lamanites.

Alma 57:8

And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our desire;

yea, with our strong force, or with a part of our strong force,

we did surround, by night, the city Cumeni,

a little before they were to receive a supply of provisions.

Alma 57:12

And it came to pass that not many days had passed away

before the Lamanites began to lose all hopes of succor;

therefore they yielded up the city unto our hands;

and thus we had accomplished our designs in obtaining the city Cumeni.

Alma 57:19

But behold, my little band of two thousand and sixty fought most desperately;

yea, they were firm before the Lamanites,

and did administer death unto all those who opposed them.

Alma 57:20

And as the remainder of our army were about to give way before the Lamanites,

behold, those two thousand and sixty were firm and undaunted.

Alma 58:27

And because of this our march in the night-time,

behold, on the morrow we were beyond the Lamanites,

insomuch that we did arrive before them at the city of Manti.