Unit 80

the Nephites

10 occurrences in 9 verses

3 Nephi 1:28,

3 Nephi 2:5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

3 Nephi 1:28

And it came to pass that in the ninety and fourth year

they began to increase in a great degree,

because there were many dissenters of the Nephites who did flee unto them,

which did cause much sorrow unto those Nephites who did remain in the land.

3 Nephi 2:5

And also an hundred years had passed away

since the days of Mosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.

3 Nephi 2:8

Now the Nephites began to reckon their time

from this period when the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ;

therefore, nine years had passed away.

3 Nephi 2:11

And it came to pass in the thirteenth year

there began to be wars and contentions throughout all the land;

for the Gadianton robbers had become so numerous,

and did slay so many of the people,

and did lay waste so many cities,

and did spread so much death and carnage throughout the land,

that it became expedient that all the people,

both the Nephites and the Lamanites,

should take up arms against them.

3 Nephi 2:12

Therefore, all the Lamanites who had become converted unto the Lord

did unite with their brethren, the Nephites,

and were compelled, for the safety of their lives

and their women and their children,

to take up arms against those Gadianton robbers,

yea, and also to maintain their rights, and the privileges of their church

and of their worship, and their freedom and their liberty.

3 Nephi 2:13

And it came to pass that before this thirteenth year had passed away

the Nephites were threatened with utter destruction

because of this war, which had become exceedingly sore.

3 Nephi 2:14

And it came to pass that

those Lamanites who had united with the Nephites

were numbered among the Nephites;

3 Nephi 2:15

And their curse was taken from them,

and their skin became white like unto the Nephites;

3 Nephi 2:16

And their young men and their daughters became exceedingly fair,

and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites.

And thus ended the thirteenth year.