Unit 81
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58 occurrences in 31 verses
3 Nephi 3:12, 16, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26,
3 Nephi 4:4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32,
3 Nephi 5:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12
3 Nephi 3:12
Now behold, this Lachoneus, the governor, was a just man,
and could not be frightened by the demands and the threatenings of a robber;
therefore he did not hearken to the epistle of Giddianhi, the governor of the robbers,
but he did cause that his people should cry unto the Lord
for strength against the time that the robbers should come down against them.
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 3:17
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 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 3:25
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 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 4:4
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 4:8
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 4:10
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 4:15
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 4:16
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 4:17
Now they had appointed unto themselves another leader,
whose name was Zemnarihah;
therefore it was Zemnarihah that did cause that this siege should take place.
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 4:23
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 4:24
And now, Gidgiddoni being aware of their design,
and knowing of their weakness because of the want of food,
and the great slaughter which had been made among them,
therefore he did send out his armies in the night-time,
and did cut off the way of their retreat,
and did place his armies in the way of their retreat.
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 4:27
And there were many thousands
who did yield themselves up prisoners unto the Nephites,
and the remainder of them were slain.
3 Nephi 4:28
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 5:1
And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites
who did doubt in the least
the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken;
for they knew that it must needs be that they must be fulfilled.
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 5:5
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 5:6
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.
3 Nephi 5:12
And behold, I am called Mormon,
being called after the land of Mormon,
the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people,
yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression.
