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22 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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Speaker 1: Mosiah chapter twenty. Now there was a place in Sheemlon
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Speaker 1: where the daughters of the Lamanites did gather themselves together
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Speaker 1: to sing and to dance, and to make themselves merry.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that there was one day
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Speaker 1: a small number of them gathered together to sing and
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Speaker 1: to dance. And now the priests of King Noah, being
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Speaker 1: ashamed to return to the city of Nephi Yea, and
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Speaker 1: also fearing that the people would slay them, therefore they
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Speaker 1: durst not return to their wives and their children. And
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Speaker 1: having tarried in the wilderness, and having discovered the daughters
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Speaker 1: of the Lamanites, they laid and watched them. And when
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Speaker 1: there were but few of them gathered together to dance,
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Speaker 1: they came forth out of their secret places and took
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Speaker 1: them and carried them into the wilderness Yea twenty and
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Speaker 1: four of the daughters of the Lamanites they carried into
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Speaker 1: the wilderness. And it came to pass that when the
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Speaker 1: Lamanites found that their daughters had been missing, they were
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Speaker 1: angry with the people of Limhai, for they thought it
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Speaker 1: was the peaceeople of Limhai. Therefore they sent their armies
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Speaker 1: forth Yea. Even the king himself went before his people,
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Speaker 1: and they went up to the land of Nephi to
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Speaker 1: destroy the people of Limhai. And now Limhai had discovered
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Speaker 1: them from the tower, even all their preparations for war
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Speaker 1: did he discover. Therefore, he gathered his people together and
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Speaker 1: laid weight for them in the fields and in the forests.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had
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Speaker 1: come up, that the people of Limhai began to fall
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Speaker 1: upon them from their waiting places and began to slay them.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the battle became exceedingly sore,
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Speaker 1: for they fought like lions for their prey. And it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that the people of Limhai began to
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Speaker 1: drive the Lamanites before them. Yet they were not half
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Speaker 1: so numerous as the Lamanites, but they fought for their lives,
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Speaker 1: and for their wives and for their children. Therefore they
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Speaker 1: exerted themselves, and like dragons did they fight. And it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that they found the king of the
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Speaker 1: Lamanites among the number of their dead. Yet he was not,
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Speaker 1: having been wounded and left upon the ground. So speedy
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Speaker 1: was the flight of his people, and they took him
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Speaker 1: and bound up his wounds, and brought him before Limhai
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Speaker 1: and said, behold, here is the king of the Lamanites. He,
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Speaker 1: having received a wound, has fallen among their dead, and
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Speaker 1: they have left him. And behold, we have brought him
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Speaker 1: before you, and now let us slay him. But Limhai said,
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Speaker 1: unto them, ye shall not slay him, but bring him
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Speaker 1: hither that I may see him. And they brought him,
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Speaker 1: and Limhai said, unto him, what cause hath ye to
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Speaker 1: come up to war against my people? Behold, my people
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Speaker 1: have not broken the oath that I made unto you.
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Speaker 1: Therefore why should ye break the oath which ye made
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Speaker 1: unto my people? And now the king said, I have
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Speaker 1: broken the oath because thy people did carry away the
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Speaker 1: daughters of my people. Therefore, in my anger I did
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Speaker 1: cause my people to come up to war against thy people.
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Speaker 1: And now Limhai had heard nothing concerning this matter. Therefore
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Speaker 1: he said, I will search my people, and whosoever has
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Speaker 1: done this thing shall perish. Therefore he caused a search
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Speaker 1: to be made among his people. Now, when Gideon had
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Speaker 1: heard these things, he being the king's captain, he went
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Speaker 1: forth and said, unto the king, I pray thee forbear
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Speaker 1: and do not search this people, and lay not this
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Speaker 1: thing to their charge. For do ye not remember the
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Speaker 1: priests of thy father, whom this people sought to destroy?
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Speaker 1: And are they not in the wilderness? And are not
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Speaker 1: they the ones who have stolen the daughters of the Lamanites.
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Speaker 1: And now behold and tell the king of these things
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Speaker 1: that he may tell his people that they may be
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Speaker 1: pacified towards us. For behold, they are already preparing to
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Speaker 1: come against us. And behold also there are but few
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Speaker 1: of us. And behold they come with their numerous hosts,
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Speaker 1: and accept the king doth pacify them towards us, We
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Speaker 1: must perish, for are not the words of a benediful
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Speaker 1: field which he prophesied against us? And all this because
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Speaker 1: we would not hearken unto the words of the Lord
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Speaker 1: and turn from our iniquities. And now let us pacify
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Speaker 1: the king, and we fulfill the oath which we have
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Speaker 1: made unto him. For it is better that we should
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Speaker 1: be in bondage than that we should lose our lives. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: let us put a stop to the shedding of so
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Speaker 1: much blood. And now Limhai told the king all the
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Speaker 1: things concerning his father and the priests, that had fled
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Speaker 1: into the wilderness and attributed the care in a way
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Speaker 1: of their daughters to them. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that the king was pacified towards his people, and he
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Speaker 1: said unto them, let us go forth to meet my
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Speaker 1: people without arms, and I swear unto you with an
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Speaker 1: oath that my people shall not slay thy people. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that they followed the king and
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Speaker 1: went forth without arms to meet the Lamanites. And it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that they did meet the Lamanites, and
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Speaker 1: the king of the Lamanites did bow himself down before them,
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Speaker 1: and did plead in behalf of the people of Limhai.
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Speaker 1: And when the Lamanites saw the people of Limhai that
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Speaker 1: they were without arms, they had compassion on them and
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Speaker 1: were pacified towards them, and returned with their king in
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Speaker 1: peace to their own land Mosaiah, chapter twenty one. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that Limhai and his people returned
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Speaker 1: to the city of Nephi and began to dwell in
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Speaker 1: the land again in peace. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that after many days, the Lamanites began again to be
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Speaker 1: stirred up in anger against the Nephites, and they began
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Speaker 1: to come into the borders of the land round about.
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Speaker 1: Now they durst not slay them because of the oath
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Speaker 1: which their king had made unto Limhai. But they would
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Speaker 1: smite them on their cheeks and exercise authority over them,
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Speaker 1: and began to put heavy burdens upon their backs and
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Speaker 1: drive them as they would a dumb ass yea. All
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Speaker 1: this was done that the word of the Lord might
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Speaker 1: be fulfilled. And now the afflictions of the Nephites were great,
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Speaker 1: and there was no way that they could deliver themselves
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Speaker 1: out of their hands, for the Lamanites had surrounded them
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Speaker 1: on every side. And it came to pass that the
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Speaker 1: people began to murmur with the king because of their afflictions,
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Speaker 1: and they began to be desiedrus to go against them
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Speaker 1: to battle. And they did afflict the king sorely with
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Speaker 1: their complaints. Therefore he granted unto them that they should
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Speaker 1: do according to their desires. And they gathered themselves together
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Speaker 1: again and put on their armor, and went forth against
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Speaker 1: the Lamanites to drive them out of their land. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that the Lamanites did beat them
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Speaker 1: and drove them back, and slew many of them, and
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Speaker 1: Now there was a great mourning and lamentation among the
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Speaker 1: people of Limhai, the widow mourning for her husband, the
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Speaker 1: son and the daughter mourning for their father, and the
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Speaker 1: brothers for their brethren. Now there were a great many
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Speaker 1: widows in the land, and they did cry mightily from
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Speaker 1: day to day, for a great fear of the Lamanites
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Speaker 1: had come upon them. And it came to pass that
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Speaker 1: their continual cries did stir up the remainder of the
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Speaker 1: people of Limhai to anger against the Lamanites. And they
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Speaker 1: went again to battle, but they were driven back again,
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Speaker 1: suffering much loss. Yea, they went again even the third
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Speaker 1: time and suffered in the like manner. And those that
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Speaker 1: were not slain returned again to the city of Nephi.
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Speaker 1: And they did humble themselves even to the dust, subjecting
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Speaker 1: themselves to the yoke of bondage, submitting themselves to be
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Speaker 1: smitten and to be driven to and fro and burdened
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Speaker 1: according to the desires of their enemies. And they did
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Speaker 1: humble themselves even in the depths of humility, and they
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Speaker 1: did cry mightily to God. Yea, even all the day
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Speaker 1: long did they cry unto their God, that he would
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Speaker 1: deliver them out of their afflictions. And now the Lord
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Speaker 1: was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: the Lord did hear their cries and began to soften
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Speaker 1: the hearts of the Lamanites, that they began to ease
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Speaker 1: their burdens. Yet the Lord did not see fit to
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Speaker 1: deliver them out of bondage. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that they began to prosper by degrees in the land,
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Speaker 1: and began to raise grain more abundantly, and flocks and herds,
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Speaker 1: that they did not suffer with hunger. Now there was
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Speaker 1: a great number of women, more than there was of men. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: King Limhai commanded that every man should impart to the
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Speaker 1: support of the widows and their children, that they might
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Speaker 1: not perish with hunger. And this they did because of
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Speaker 1: the greatness of their number that had been slain. Now
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Speaker 1: the people of Limhai kept together in a body as
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Speaker 1: much as it was possible, and secured their gray and
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Speaker 1: their flocks. And the king himself did not trust his
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Speaker 1: person without the walls of the city unless he took
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Speaker 1: his guards with him, fearing that he might by some
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Speaker 1: means fall into the hands of the Lamanites, and he
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Speaker 1: caused that his people should watch the land round about,
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Speaker 1: that by some means they might take those priests that
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Speaker 1: fled into the wilderness, who had stolen the daughters of
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Speaker 1: the Lamanites, and that had caused such a great destruction
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Speaker 1: to come upon them. For they were desirous to take them,
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Speaker 1: that they might punish them. For they had come into
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Speaker 1: the land of Nephi by night and carried off their
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Speaker 1: grain in many of their precious things. Therefore they laid
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Speaker 1: weight for them. And it came to pass that there
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Speaker 1: was no more disturbance between the Lamanites and the people
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Speaker 1: of Limhai, even until the time that Amon and his
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Speaker 1: brethren came into the land. And the king, having been
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Speaker 1: without the gates of the city with his guard, discovered
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Speaker 1: Amon and his brethren, and supposing them to be priests
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Speaker 1: of Noah, therefore he caused that they should be taken
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Speaker 1: and bound and cast into prison. And had they been
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Speaker 1: the priests of Noah, he would have caused that they
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Speaker 1: should be put to death. But when he found that
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Speaker 1: they were not, but that they were his brethren and
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Speaker 1: had come from the land of Zarahemla, he was filled
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Speaker 1: with exceedingly great joy. Now King Limhai had assent, previous
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Speaker 1: to the coming of Amen, a small number of men
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Speaker 1: to search for the land of Zarahemla. But they could
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Speaker 1: not find it, and they were lost in the wilderness. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: they did find a land which had been peopled, Yea,
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Speaker 1: a land which was covered with dry bones, Yea, a
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Speaker 1: land which had been peopled and which had been destroyed.
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Speaker 1: And they, having supposed it to be the land of Zarahemla,
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Speaker 1: returned to the land of Nephi, having arrived on the
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Speaker 1: borders of the land not many days before the coming
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Speaker 1: of Amine. And they brought a record with them, even
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Speaker 1: a record of the people whose bones they had found,
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Speaker 1: and it was engraven on plates of ore. And now
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Speaker 1: Limhai was again filled with joy in learning from the
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Speaker 1: mouth of Amon that King Mosiah had a gift from
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Speaker 1: God whereby he could interpret such engravings. Yea and Ammon
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Speaker 1: also did rejoice. Yet Amen and his brethren were filled
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Speaker 1: with sorrow because so many of their brethren had been slain,
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Speaker 1: and also that King Noah and his priests had caused
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Speaker 1: the people to commit so many sins and iniquities against God.
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Speaker 1: And they also did mourn for the death of Abinedai,
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Speaker 1: and also for the departure of Alma and the people
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Speaker 1: that went with him, who had formed a church of
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Speaker 1: God through the strength and power of God and faith
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Speaker 1: on the words which had been spoken by Abinedai Yea.
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Speaker 1: They did mourn for their departure, for they knew not
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Speaker 1: whither they had fled. Now they would have gladly joined
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Speaker 1: with them, for they themselves had entered into a covenant
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Speaker 1: with God to serve him and keep his commandments. And
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Speaker 1: now since the coming of Amen, King lim Hi had
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Speaker 1: also entered into a covenant with God and also many
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Speaker 1: of his people to serve him and keep his commandments.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that King Lemhai and many
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Speaker 1: of his people were desirous to be baptized, But there
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Speaker 1: was none in the land that had authority from God,
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Speaker 1: and Ammon declined doing this thing, considering himself an unworthy servant. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: they did not at that time form themselves into a church,
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Speaker 1: waiting upon the spirit of the Lord. Now they were
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Speaker 1: desirous to become, even as Alma and his brethren who
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Speaker 1: had fled into the wilderness, they were desirous to be
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Speaker 1: baptized as a witness and a testimony that they were
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Speaker 1: willing to serve God with all their hearts. Nevertheless, they
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Speaker 1: did prolong the time, and an account of their baptism
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Speaker 1: shall be given hereafter. And now all the study of
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Speaker 1: Amin and his people and King Lemhai and his people
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Speaker 1: was to deliver themselves out of the hands of the
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Speaker 1: Lamanites and from bondage Mosiah, chapter twenty two. And now
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that Ammon and King Lmhai began
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Speaker 1: to consult with the people how they should deliver themselves
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Speaker 1: out of bondage. And even they did cause that all
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Speaker 1: the people should gather themselves together. And this they did,
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Speaker 1: that they might have the voice of the people concerning
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Speaker 1: the matter. And it came to pass that they could
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Speaker 1: find no way to deliver themselves out of bondage, except
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Speaker 1: it were to take their women and children, and their flocks,
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Speaker 1: and their herds, and their tents and depart into the wilderness.
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Speaker 1: For the Lamanites being so numerous, it was impossible for
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Speaker 1: the people of Limhai to contend with them, thinking to
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Speaker 1: deliver themselves out of bondage by the sword. Now it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood before
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Speaker 1: the king and said unto him, now O King, thou
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Speaker 1: hast hitherto hearkened unto my words many times when we
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Speaker 1: have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites. And now
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Speaker 1: o King, if thou hast not found me to be
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Speaker 1: an unprofitable sir, or if thou hast hitherto listened to
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Speaker 1: my words in any degree, and they have been of
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Speaker 1: service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst
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Speaker 1: listen to my words at this time, and I will
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Speaker 1: be thy servant and deliver this people out of bondage.
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Speaker 1: And the King granted unto him that he might speak,
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Speaker 1: And Gideon said, unto him, behold the back pass through
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Speaker 1: the back wall on the back side of the city.
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Speaker 1: The Lamanites or the guards of the Lamanites, by night
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Speaker 1: are drunken. Therefore, let us send a proclamation among all
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Speaker 1: this people, that they gather together their flocks and herds,
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Speaker 1: that they may drive them into the wilderness by night.
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Speaker 1: And I will go, according to thy command and pay
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Speaker 1: the last tribute of wine to the Lamanites, and they
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Speaker 1: will be drunken, and we will pass through the secret
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Speaker 1: pass on the left of their camp. When they are
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Speaker 1: drunken and asleep. Thus we will depart with our women
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Speaker 1: and our children, our flocks, and our herds into the wilderness,
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Speaker 1: and we will travel around the land of Shalam. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that the king hearkened unto the
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Speaker 1: words of Gideon, and King Lemhigh caused that his people
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Speaker 1: should gather their flocks together, and he sent the tribute
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Speaker 1: of wine to the Lamanites, and he also sent more
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Speaker 1: wine as a present unto them, And they did drink
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Speaker 1: freely of the wine which King Lmhi did send unto them.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the people of King
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Speaker 1: Limhi did depart by night into the wilderness with their
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Speaker 1: flocks and their herds. And they went round about the
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Speaker 1: land of Shyleam in the wilderness, and bent their course
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Speaker 1: towards the land of Zarahemla, being led by Ammon and
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Speaker 1: his brethren. And they had taken all their gold and
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Speaker 1: silver and their precious things which they could carry, and
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Speaker 1: also their provisions with them into the wilderness. And they
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Speaker 1: pursued their journey, and after being many days in the wilderness,
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Speaker 1: they arrived in the land of Sarahemla and joined Mosiah's
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Speaker 1: people and became his subjects. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that Mosiah received them with joy, and he also received
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Speaker 1: their records, and also the records which had been found
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Speaker 1: by the people of Limhai. And now it came to
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Speaker 1: pass when the Lamanites had found that the people of
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Speaker 1: Limhai had departed out of the land by night, that
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Speaker 1: they sent an army into the wilderness to pursue them.
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Speaker 1: And after they had pursued them two days, they could
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Speaker 1: no longer follow their tracks. Therefore they were lost in
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Speaker 1: the wilderness Mosiah, chapter twenty three. Now Alma having been
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Speaker 1: warned of the Lord that the armies of King Noah
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Speaker 1: would come upon them, and having made it known to
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Speaker 1: his people, therefore they gathered together their flocks and took
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Speaker 1: of their grain and departed into the wilderness before the
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Speaker 1: armies of King Noah. And the Lord did strengthen them
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Speaker 1: that the people of King Noah could not overtake them
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Speaker 1: to destroy them. And they fled eight days journey into
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Speaker 1: the wilderness. And they came to a land, yea even
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Speaker 1: a very beautiful and pleasant land, a land of pure water.
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Speaker 1: And they pitched their tents and began to till the ground,
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Speaker 1: and began to build buildings. Yea, they were industrious and
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Speaker 1: did labor exceedingly, and the people were desirous that Alma
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Speaker 1: should be their king, for he was beloved by his people.
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Speaker 1: But he said unto them, behold, it is not expedient
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Speaker 1: that we should have a king. For thus saith the Lord,
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Speaker 1: ye shall not to steam one flesh above another, or
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Speaker 1: one man shall not think himself above another. Therefore, I
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Speaker 1: say unto you, it is not expedient that ye should
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Speaker 1: have a king. Nevertheless, if it were possible that ye
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Speaker 1: could always have just men to be your kings, it
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Speaker 1: would be well for you to have a king. But
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Speaker 1: remember the iniquity of King Noah and his priests. And
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Speaker 1: I myself was caught in a snare and did many
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Speaker 1: things which were abominable in the side of the Lord,
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Speaker 1: which caused me sore repentance. Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the
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Speaker 1: Lord did hear my cries and did answer my prayers,
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Speaker 1: and has made me an instrument in his hands in
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Speaker 1: bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: in this I do not glory, for I am unworthy
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Speaker 1: to glory of myself. And now I say unto you
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Speaker 1: Ye have been oppressed by King Noah, and have been
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Speaker 1: in bondage to him and his priests, and have been
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Speaker 1: brought into iniquity by them. Therefore ye were bound with
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Speaker 1: the bands of iniquity. And now as ye have been
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Speaker 1: delivered by the power of God, out of these bonds,
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Speaker 1: yea even out of the hands of King Noah and
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Speaker 1: his people, and also from the bonds of iniquity. Even
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Speaker 1: so I desire that ye should stand fast in this
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Speaker 1: liberty wherewith ye have been made free, and that ye
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Speaker 1: trust no man to be a king over you, and
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Speaker 1: also trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister,
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Speaker 1: except he be a man of God, walking in his
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Speaker 1: ways and keeping his commandments. Thus did Alma teach his
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Speaker 1: people that every man should love his neighbor as himself,
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Speaker 1: that there should be no contention among them. And now
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Speaker 1: Alma was their high priest, he being the founder of
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Speaker 1: their church. And it came to pass that none received
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Speaker 1: authority to preach or to teach, except it were by
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Speaker 1: him from God. Therefore he consecrated all their priests and
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Speaker 1: all their teachers, and none were consecrated except they were
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Speaker 1: just men. Therefore they did watch over their people and
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Speaker 1: did nourish them with things pertaining to righteousness. And it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that they began to prosper excs eadingly
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Speaker 1: in the land, and they called the land Helim. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that they did multiply and prosper
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Speaker 1: exceedingly in the land of Helim. And they built a city,
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Speaker 1: which they called the City of Helim. Nevertheless, the Lord
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Speaker 1: seeth fit to chasten his people. Yea, he trieth their
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Speaker 1: patience and their faith. Nevertheless, whosoever putteth his trust in him,
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Speaker 1: the same shall be lifted up at the last day, Yea.
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Speaker 1: And thus it was with this people. For behold, I
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Speaker 1: will show unto you that they were brought into bondage,
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Speaker 1: and none could deliver them but the Lord their God, Yea,
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Speaker 1: even the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that he did deliver them,
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Speaker 1: and he did show forth his mighty power unto them.
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Speaker 1: And great were their rejoicings. For behold, it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that while they were in the land of Helim YEA,
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Speaker 1: in the city of Helim, while tilling the land round about,
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Speaker 1: behold an army of the Lamanites was in the borders
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Speaker 1: of the land. And it came to pass that the
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Speaker 1: brethren of Almah fled from their fields and gathered themselves
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Speaker 1: together in the city of Helim. And they were much
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Speaker 1: frightened because of the appearance of the Lamanites. But Almah
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Speaker 1: went forth and stood among them and exhorted them that
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Speaker 1: they should not be frightened, but that they should remember
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Speaker 1: the Lord, their God, and he would deliver them. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: they hushed their fears and began to cry unto the
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Speaker 1: Lord that he would soften the hearts of the Lamanites,
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Speaker 1: that they would spare them and their wives and their children.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lord did soften
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Speaker 1: the hearts of the Lamanites, and Alma and his brethren
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Speaker 1: went forth and delivered themselves up into their hands, and
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Speaker 1: the Lamanites took possession of the land of Helim. Now,
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Speaker 1: the armies of the Lamanites, which had followed after the
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Speaker 1: people of King Limhai, had been lost in the wilderness
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Speaker 1: for many days, And to behold, they had found those
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Speaker 1: priests of King Noah in a place which they called Amulan,
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Speaker 1: and they had begun to possess the land of Amulan
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Speaker 1: and had begun to till the ground. Now the name
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Speaker 1: of the leader of those priests was Amulon, and it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that Amulan did plead with the Lamanites.
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Speaker 1: And they also sent forth their wives, who were the
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Speaker 1: daughters of the Lamanites, to plead with their brethren that
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Speaker 1: they should not destroy their husbands. And the Lamanites had
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Speaker 1: compassion on Amulan and his brethren and did not destroy
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Speaker 1: them because of their wives, and Amulan and his brethren
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Speaker 1: to join the Lamanites. And they were traveling in the
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Speaker 1: wilderness in search of the land of Nephi when they
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Speaker 1: discovered the land of Helim, which was possessed by Alma
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Speaker 1: and his brethren. And it came to pass that the
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Speaker 1: Lamanites promised unto Alma and his brethren that if they
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Speaker 1: would show them the way which led to the land
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Speaker 1: of Nephi, that they would grant unto them their lives
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Speaker 1: and their liberty. But after Alma had shown them the
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Speaker 1: way that led to the land of Nephi, the Lamanites
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Speaker 1: would not keep their promise, but they set guards round
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Speaker 1: about the land of Helim over Alma and his brethren
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Speaker 1: and the remainder of them went to the land of Nephi,
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Speaker 1: and a part of them returned to the land of Helim,
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Speaker 1: and also brought with them the wives and the children
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Speaker 1: of the guards who had been left in the land.
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Speaker 1: And the King of the Lamanites had granted unto Ambulon
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Speaker 1: that he should be a king and a ruler over
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Speaker 1: his people who were in the land of Helium. Nevertheless,
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Speaker 1: he should have no power to do anything contrary to
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Speaker 1: the will of the King of the Lamanites and of Mosiah,
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Speaker 1: Chapters twenty through twenty three.