Unit 95

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23 occurrences in 18 verses

Mormon 1:1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 15,

Mormon 2:1, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 28,

Mormon 3:3, 5, 8, 11

Mormon 1:1

And now I, Mormon, make a record of the things

which I have both seen and heard,

and call it the Book of Mormon.

Mormon 1:2

And about the time that Ammaron hid up the records unto the Lord,

he came unto me, (I being about ten years of age,

and I began to be learned somewhat

after the manner of the learning of my people)

and Ammaron said unto me:

I perceive that thou art a sober child, and art quick to observe;

Mormon 1:3

Therefore, when ye are about twenty and four years old

I would that ye should remember the things

that ye have observed concerning this people;

and when ye are of that age

go to the land Antum, unto a hill which shall be called Shim;

and there have I deposited unto the Lord

all the sacred engravings concerning this people.

Mormon 1:5

And I, Mormon, being a descendant of Nephi,

(and my father's name was Mormon)

I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.

Mormon 1:8

And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the Nephites,

who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the Josephites and the Zoramites;

and this war was between the Nephites, and the Lamanites

and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.

Mormon 1:11

And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great number of men,

even to exceed the number of thirty thousand.

And it came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of battles,

in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.

Mormon 1:15

And I, being fifteen years of age

and being somewhat of a sober mind,

therefore I was visited of the Lord,

and tasted and knew of the goodness of Jesus.

Mormon 2:1

And it came to pass in that same year

there began to be a war again between the Nephites and the Lamanites.

And notwithstanding I being young, was large in stature;

therefore the people of Nephi appointed me

that I should be their leader, or the leader of their armies.

Mormon 2:9

And now, the Lamanites had a king,

and his name was Aaron;

and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand.

And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand.

And it came to pass that I beat him with my army

that he fled before me.

And behold, all this was done,

and three hundred and thirty years had passed away.

Mormon 2:11

Thus there began to be a mourning and a lamentation in all the land

because of these things,

and more especially among the people of Nephi.

Mormon 2:12

And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation

and their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord,

my heart did begin to rejoice within me,

knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord,

therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them

that they would again become a righteous people.

Mormon 2:17

And now, the city of Jashon was near the land

where Ammaron had deposited the records unto the Lord,

that they might not be destroyed.

And behold I had gone according to the word of Ammaron,

and taken the plates of Nephi, and did make a record

according to the words of Ammaron.

Mormon 2:18

And upon the plates of Nephi I did make a full account

of all the wickedness and abominations;

but upon these plates I did forbear to make a full account

of their wickedness and abominations,

for behold, a continual scene of wickedness and abominations

has been before mine eyes

ever since I have been sufficient to behold the ways of man.

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 3:3

And I did cry unto this people,

but it was in vain;

and they did not realize that it was the Lord

that had spared them, and granted unto them a chance for repentance.

And behold they did harden their hearts against the Lord their God.

Mormon 3:5

And it came to pass that I did cause my people

that they should gather themselves together at the land Desolation,

to a city which was in the borders, by the narrow pass

which led into the land southward.

Mormon 3:8

And in the three hundred and sixty and second year

they did come down again to battle.

And we did beat them again,

and did slay a great number of them,

and their dead were cast into the sea.

Mormon 3:11

And it came to pass that I, Mormon, did utterly refuse from this time forth

to be a commander and a leader of this people,

because of their wickedness and abomination.