Unit 81

to pass

19 occurrences in 17 verses

3 Nephi 3:1, 11, 17, 22,

3 Nephi 4:1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20, 23, 31,

3 Nephi 5:2, 4

3 Nephi 3:1

And now it came to pass that

in the sixteenth year from the coming of Christ,

Lachoneus, the governor of the land, received an epistle

from the leader and the governor of this band of robbers;

and these were the words which were written, saying:

3 Nephi 3:11

And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle

he was exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi

demanding the possession of the land of the Nephites,

and also of threatening the people

and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong,

save it were they had wronged themselves

by dissenting away unto those wicked and abominable robbers.

3 Nephi 3:17

And it came to pass that

Lachoneus did appoint chief captains over all the armies of the Nephites,

to command them at the time

that the robbers should come down out of the wilderness against them.

3 Nephi 3:22

And it came to pass in the seventeenth year, in the latter end of the year,

the proclamation of Lachoneus had gone forth throughout all the face of the land,

and they had taken their horses, and their chariots,

and their cattle, and all their flocks, and their herds,

and their grain, and all their substance,

and did march forth by thousands and by tens of thousands,

until they had all gone forth to the place which had been appointed

that they should gather themselves together,

to defend themselves against their enemies.

3 Nephi 4:1

And it came to pass that in the latter end of the eighteenth year

those armies of robbers had prepared for battle,

and began to come down and to sally forth from the hills,

and out of the mountains, and the wilderness,

and their strongholds, and their secret places,

and began to take possession of the lands,

both which were in the land south and which were in the land north,

and began to take possession of all the lands

which had been deserted by the Nephites,

and the cities which had been left desolate.

3 Nephi 4:5

And it came to pass that in the nineteenth year

Giddianhi found that it was expedient

that he should go up to battle against the Nephites,

for there was no way that they could subsist

save it were to plunder and rob and murder.

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 4:8

And it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites,

when they saw the appearance of the army of Giddianhi,

had all fallen to the earth, and did lift their cries to the Lord their God,

that he would spare them and deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.

3 Nephi 4:9

And it came to pass that when the armies of Giddianhi saw this

they began to shout with a loud voice, because of their joy,

for they had supposed that the Nephites had fallen with fear

because of the terror of their armies.

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 4:14

And it came to pass that Giddianhi,

who had stood and fought with boldness,

was pursued as he fled;

and being weary because of his much fighting

he was overtaken and slain.

And thus was the end of Giddianhi the robber.

3 Nephi 4:15

And it came to pass that

the armies of the Nephites did return again to their place of security.

And it came to pass that this nineteenth year did pass away,

and the robbers did not come again to battle;

neither did they come again in the twentieth year.

3 Nephi 4:20

And it came to pass that the wild game became scarce in the wilderness

insomuch that the robbers were about to perish with hunger.

3 Nephi 4:23

And it came to pass that Zemnarihah did give command unto his people

that they should withdraw themselves from the siege,

and march into the furthermost parts of the land northward.

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 5:2

And they knew that it must be expedient that Christ had come,

because of the many signs which had been given,

according to the words of the prophets;

and because of the things which had come to pass already

they knew that it must needs be that all things should come to pass

according to that which had been spoken.

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.