Unit 81

they did

25 occurrences in 16 verses

3 Nephi 3:16, 25,

3 Nephi 4:4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 28, 30, 31, 32,

3 Nephi 5:3, 4, 6

3 Nephi 3:16

And so great and marvelous were the words and prophecies of Lachoneus

that they did cause fear to come upon all the people;

and they did exert themselves in their might

to do according to the words of Lachoneus.

3 Nephi 3:25

And they did fortify themselves against their enemies;

and they did dwell in one land, and in one body,

and they did fear the words which had been spoken by Lachoneus,

insomuch that they did repent of all their sins;

and they did put up their prayers unto the Lord their God,

that he would deliver them

in the time that their enemies should come down against them to battle.

3 Nephi 4:4

Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food,

save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites;

and the Nephites being in one body,

and having so great a number,

and having reserved for themselves provisions,

and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind,

that they might subsist for the space of seven years,

in the which time they did hope

to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land;

and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.

3 Nephi 4:7

And it came to pass that they did come up to battle;

and it was in the sixth month;

and behold, great and terrible was the day that they did come up to battle;

and they were girded about after the manner of robbers;

and they had a lamb-skin about their loins,

and they were dyed in blood,

and their heads were shorn,

and they had head-plates upon them;

and great and terrible was the appearance of the armies of Giddianhi,

because of their armor, and because of their being dyed in blood.

3 Nephi 4:10

But in this thing they were disappointed,

for the Nephites did not fear them;

but they did fear their God and did supplicate him for protection;

therefore, when the armies of Giddianhi did rush upon them

they were prepared to meet them;

yea, in the strength of the Lord they did receive them.

3 Nephi 4:12

And notwithstanding the threatenings and the oaths which Giddianhi had made,

behold, the Nephites did beat them,

insomuch that they did fall back from before them.

3 Nephi 4:13

And it came to pass that Gidgiddoni commanded

that his armies should pursue them as far as the borders of the wilderness,

and that they should not spare any that should fall into their hands by the way;

and thus they did pursue them and did slay them, to the borders of the wilderness,

even until they had fulfilled the commandment of Gidgiddoni.

3 Nephi 4:16

And in the twenty and first year they did not come up to battle,

but they came up on all sides to lay siege round about the people of Nephi;

for they did suppose that

if they should cut off the people of Nephi from their lands,

and should hem them in on every side,

and if they should cut them off from all their outward privileges,

that they could cause them to yield themselves up according to their wishes.

3 Nephi 4:19

And because of the scantiness of provisions among the robbers;

for behold, they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence,

which meat they did obtain in the wilderness;

3 Nephi 4:28

And their leader, Zemnarihah, was taken and hanged upon a tree,

yea, even upon the top thereof until he was dead.

And when they had hanged him until he was dead

they did fell the tree to the earth,

and did cry with a loud voice, saying:

3 Nephi 4:30

And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying:

May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,

protect this people in righteousness,

so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection.

3 Nephi 4:31

And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one,

in singing, and praising their God

for the great thing which he had done for them,

in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies.

3 Nephi 4:32

Yea, they did cry:

Hosanna to the Most High God.

And they did cry:

Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.

3 Nephi 5:3

Therefore they did forsake all their sins,

and their abominations, and their whoredoms,

and did serve God with all diligence day and night.

3 Nephi 5:4

And now it came to pass that when they had taken all the robbers prisoners,

insomuch that none did escape who were not slain,

they did cast their prisoners into prison,

and did cause the word of God to be preached unto them;

and as many as would repent of their sins

and enter into a covenant that they would murder no more

were set at liberty.

3 Nephi 5:6

And thus they did put an end

to all those wicked, and secret, and abominable combinations,

in the which there was so much wickedness, and so many murders committed.