Unit 81

were

43 occurrences in 29 verses

3 Nephi 3:1, 2, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 24, 26,

3 Nephi 4:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 33,

3 Nephi 5:4, 5, 10, 14, 16, 20

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 3:2

Lachoneus, most noble and chief governor of the land,

behold, I write this epistle unto you,

and do give unto you exceedingly great praise

because of your firmness, and also the firmness of your people,

in maintaining that which ye suppose to be your right and liberty;

yea, ye do stand well, as if ye were supported by the hand of a god,

in the defence of your liberty, and your property, and your country,

or that which ye do call so.

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 3:13

Yea, he sent a proclamation among all the people,

that they should gather together their women, and their children,

their flocks and their herds, and all their substance,

save it were their land, unto one place.

3 Nephi 3:14

And he caused that fortifications should be built round about them,

and the strength thereof should be exceedingly great.

And he caused that armies,

both of the Nephites and of the Lamanites,

or of all them who were numbered among the Nephites,

should be placed as guards round about to watch them,

and to guard them from the robbers day and night.

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 3:19

Now it was the custom among all the Nephites

to appoint for their chief captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness)

some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy;

therefore, this Gidgiddoni was a great prophet among them,

as also was the chief judge.

3 Nephi 3:24

And there were a great many thousand people who were called Nephites,

who did gather themselves together in this land.

Now Lachoneus did cause

that they should gather themselves together in the land southward,

because of the great curse which was upon the land northward.

3 Nephi 3:26

And they were exceedingly sorrowful because of their enemies.

And Gidgiddoni did cause that they should make weapons of war of every kind,

and they should be strong with armor, and with shields, and with bucklers,

after the manner of his instruction.

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 4:2

But behold, there were no wild beasts nor game in those lands

which had been deserted by the Nephites,

and there was no game for the robbers save it were in the wilderness.

3 Nephi 4:3

And the robbers could not exist

save it were in the wilderness,

for the want of food;

for the Nephites had left their lands desolate,

and had gathered their flocks and their herds and all their substance,

and they were in one body.

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 4:5

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 4:10

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 4:19

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 4:20

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 4:21

And the Nephites were continually marching out by day and by night,

and falling upon their armies,

and cutting them off by thousands and by tens of thousands.

3 Nephi 4:25

And this did they do in the night-time,

and got on their march beyond the robbers,

so that on the morrow, when the robbers began their march,

they were met by the armies of the Nephites

both in their front and in their rear.

3 Nephi 4:26

And the robbers who were on the south

were also cut off in their places of retreat.

And all these things were done by command of Gidgiddoni.

3 Nephi 4:27

And there were many thousands

who did yield themselves up prisoners unto the Nephites,

and the remainder of them were slain.

3 Nephi 4:33

And their hearts were swollen with joy,

unto the gushing out of many tears,

because of the great goodness of God

in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies;

and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility

that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction.

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 5:5

But as many as there were who did not enter into a covenant,

and who did still continue to have those secret murders in their hearts,

yea, as many as were found breathing out threatenings against their brethren

were condemned and punished according to the law.

3 Nephi 5:10

Therefore I have made my record of these things

according to the record of Nephi,

which was engraven on the plates which were called the plates of Nephi.

3 Nephi 5:14

And it hath become expedient

that I, according to the will of God,

that the prayers of those who have gone hence,

who were the holy ones,

should be fulfilled according to their faith,

should make a record of these things which have been done —

3 Nephi 5:16

Therefore I do make my record from the accounts

which have been given by those who were before me,

until the commencement of my day;

3 Nephi 5:20

I am Mormon, and a pure descendant of Lehi.

I have reason to bless my God and my Savior Jesus Christ,

that he brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem,

(and no one knew it save it were himself

and those whom he brought out of that land)

and that he hath given me and my people

so much knowledge unto the salvation of our souls.