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Unit 95
Segment 7 of 11 [#605]
The Land is Divided
Mormon 2:20 - Mormon 2:29
Duration: 2:03
Mormon 2:20
And it came to pass that in this year
the people of Nephi again were hunted and driven.
And it came to pass that we were driven forth
until we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.
Mormon 2:21
And it came to pass that we did fortify the city of Shem,
and we did gather in our people as much as it were possible,
that perhaps we might save them from destruction.
Mormon 2:22
And it came to pass in the three hundred and forty and sixth year
they began to come upon us again.
Mormon 2:23
And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people,
and did urge them with great energy,
that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites
and fight for their wives, and their children,
and their houses, and their homes.
Mormon 2:24
And my words did arouse them somewhat to vigor,
insomuch that they did not flee from before the Lamanites,
but did stand with boldness against them.
Mormon 2:25
And it came to pass that we did contend with an army of thirty thousand
against an army of fifty thousand.
And it came to pass that we did stand before them with such firmness
that they did flee from before us.
Mormon 2:26
And it came to pass that when they had fled
we did pursue them with our armies,
and did meet them again, and did beat them;
nevertheless the strength of the Lord was not with us;
yea, we were left to ourselves,
that the Spirit of the Lord did not abide in us;
therefore we had become weak like unto our brethren.
Mormon 2:27
And my heart did sorrow because of this the great calamity of my people,
because of their wickedness and their abominations.
But behold, we did go forth against the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton,
until we had again taken possession of the lands of our inheritance.
Mormon 2:28
And the three hundred and forty and ninth year had passed away.
And in the three hundred and fiftieth year
we made a treaty with the Lamanites and the robbers of Gadianton,
in which we did get the lands of our inheritance divided.
Mormon 2:29
And the Lamanites did give unto us the land northward,
yea, even to the narrow passage which led into the land southward.
And we did give unto the Lamanites all the land southward.
The End of Unit 95 - Segment 7