Unit 76

the fifty and

8 occurrences in 7 verses



Helaman 3:33, 36, 37,

Helaman 4:1, 4, 5, 8



Helaman 3:33

And in the fifty and first year of the reign of the judges

there was peace also,

save it were the pride which began to enter into the church —

not into the church of God,

but into the hearts of the people

who professed to belong to the church of God —



Helaman 3:36

And it came to pass that the fifty and second year ended in peace also,

save it were the exceedingly great pride

which had gotten into the hearts of the people;

and it was because of their exceedingly great riches and their prosperity in the land;

and it did grow upon them from day to day.



Helaman 3:37

And it came to pass in the fifty and third year of the reign of the judges,

Helaman died, and his eldest son Nephi began to reign in his stead.

And it came to pass that he did fill the judgment–seat with justice and equity;

yea, he did keep the commandments of God,

and did walk in the ways of his father.



Helaman 4:1

And it came to pass in the fifty and fourth year

there were many dissensions in the church,

and there was also a contention among the people,

insomuch that there was much bloodshed.



Helaman 4:4

But it came to pass in the fifty and sixth year of the reign of the judges,

there were dissenters who went up from the Nephites unto the Lamanites;

and they succeeded with those others

in stirring them up to anger against the Nephites;

and they were all that year preparing for war.



Helaman 4:5

And in the fifty and seventh year

they did come down against the Nephites to battle,

and they did commence the work of death;

yea, insomuch that in the fifty and eighth year of the reign of the judges

they succeeded in obtaining possession of the land of Zarahemla;

yea, and also all the lands, even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful.



Helaman 4:8

And thus those dissenters of the Nephites,

with the help of a numerous army of the Lamanites,

had obtained all the possession of the Nephites

which was in the land southward.

And all this was done in the fifty and eighth and ninth years

of the reign of the judges.