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

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  Speaker 1: Almah chapter one. Now it came to pass that in
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  Speaker 1: the first year of the reign of the judges over
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  Speaker 1: the people of Nephi from this time forward, King Mosiah,
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  Speaker 1: having gone the way of all the earth, having warred
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  Speaker 1: a good warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to
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  Speaker 1: reign in his stead. Nevertheless, he had established laws, and
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  Speaker 1: they were acknowledged by the people. Therefore, they were obliged
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  Speaker 1: to abide by the laws which he had made. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that in the first year of
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  Speaker 1: the reign of Almah and the judgment seat, there was
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  Speaker 1: a man brought before him to be judged, a man
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  Speaker 1: who was large and was noted for his much strength.
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  Speaker 1: And he had gone about among the people, preaching to
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  Speaker 1: them that which he termed to be the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: bearing down against the church, declaring unto the people that
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  Speaker 1: every priest and teacher ought to become popular, and they
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  Speaker 1: ought not to labor with their hands, but they ought
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  Speaker 1: to be supported by the people. And he also testified
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  Speaker 1: unto the people that all mankind should be saved at
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  Speaker 1: the last day, and that they need not fear nor tremble,
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  Speaker 1: but that they might lift up their heads and rejoice,
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord had created all men, and he had
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  Speaker 1: also redeemed all men, and in the end all men
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  Speaker 1: should have eternal life. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: he did teach these things so much that many did
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  Speaker 1: believe on his words, even so many that they began
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  Speaker 1: to support him and give him money. And he began
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  Speaker 1: to be lifted up in the pride of his heart,
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  Speaker 1: and to wear very costly apparel yea, and even begin
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  Speaker 1: to establish a church after the manner of his preaching.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass, as he was going to
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  Speaker 1: preach those who believed on his word, he met a
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  Speaker 1: man who belonged to the Church of God, yea, even
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  Speaker 1: one of their teachers. And he began to contend with
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  Speaker 1: him sharply that he might lead away the people of
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  Speaker 1: the church. But the man withstood him, admonishing him with
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  Speaker 1: the words of God. Now the name of the man
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  Speaker 1: was Gideon, and it was he who was an instrument
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  Speaker 1: in the hands of God and delivering the people of
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  Speaker 1: Limhai out of bondage. Now, because Gideon withstood him with
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  Speaker 1: the words of God, he was wroth with Gideon, and
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  Speaker 1: drew his sword and began to smite him. Now Gideon,
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  Speaker 1: being stricken with many years, therefore he was not able
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  Speaker 1: to withstand his blows. Therefore he was slain by the sword.
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  Speaker 1: And the man who slew him was taken by the
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  Speaker 1: people of the church and was brought before Almah to
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  Speaker 1: be judged according to the crimes which he had committed.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that he stood before Almah
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  Speaker 1: and pleaded for himself with much boldness. But Almah said
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  Speaker 1: unto him, behold, this is the first time that priestcraft
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  Speaker 1: has been introduced among this people. And behold, thou art
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  Speaker 1: not only guilty of priestcraft, but has endeavored to enforce
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  Speaker 1: it by the sword. And were priest'scraft to be enforced
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  Speaker 1: among this people, it would prove their entire destruction. And
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  Speaker 1: thou hast shed blood of a righteous man, yea, a
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  Speaker 1: man who has done much good among this people, and
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  Speaker 1: were we to spare thee, his blood would come upon
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  Speaker 1: us for vengeance. Therefore thou art condemned to die according
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  Speaker 1: to the law which has been given us by Mosiah,
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  Speaker 1: our last king, and it has been acknowledged by this people. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: this people must abide by the law. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that they took him, and his name was Nahor,
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  Speaker 1: and they carried him upon the top of the hill Mantai,
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  Speaker 1: and there he was caused, or rather did acknowledge, between
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  Speaker 1: the heavens and the earth, that what he had taught
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  Speaker 1: to the people was contrary to the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: and there he suffered an ignominious death. Nevertheless, this did
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  Speaker 1: not put an end to the spreading of priestcraft throughout
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  Speaker 1: the land. For there are many who loved the vain
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  Speaker 1: things of the world, and they went forth preaching false doctrines.
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  Speaker 1: And this they did for the sake of riches and honor. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: they durst not lie, if it were known, for fear
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  Speaker 1: of the law, for liars were punished. Therefore they pretended
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  Speaker 1: to preach according to their belief. And now the law
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  Speaker 1: could have no power on any man for his belief.
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  Speaker 1: And they durst not steal for fear of the law,
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  Speaker 1: for such were punished. Neither durst they rob nor murder,
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  Speaker 1: for he that murdered was punished unto death. But it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that whoever did not belong to the
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  Speaker 1: Church of God began to persecute those that did belong
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  Speaker 1: to the Church of God, and had taken upon them
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  Speaker 1: the name of Christ. Yea, they did persecute them and
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  Speaker 1: afflict them with all manner of words. And this because
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  Speaker 1: of their humility, because they were not proud in their
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  Speaker 1: own eyes, and because they did impart the word of
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  Speaker 1: God one with another, without money and without price.
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  Speaker 2: Now there was a.
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  Speaker 1: Strict law among the people of the Church that there
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  Speaker 1: should not any man belong to the church arise and
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  Speaker 1: persecute those that did not belong to the Church, and
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  Speaker 1: that there should be no persecution amongst themselves. Nevertheless, there
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  Speaker 1: were many among them who began to be proud and
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  Speaker 1: began to contend warmly with their adversaries, even unto blows. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: they would smite one another with their fists. Now, this
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  Speaker 1: was in the second year of the reign of Alma,
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  Speaker 1: and it was a cause of much affliction to the church. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: it was the cause of much trial with the church.
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  Speaker 1: For the hearts of many were hardened, and their names
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  Speaker 1: were blotted out, that they were remembered no more among
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  Speaker 1: the people of God, and also men, and He withdrew
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  Speaker 1: themselves from among them. Now, this was a great trial
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  Speaker 1: to those that did stand fast in the faith. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: they were steadfast and immovable in keeping the commandments of God,
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  Speaker 1: and they bore with patience the persecution which was heaped
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  Speaker 1: upon them. And when the priests left their labor to
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  Speaker 1: impart the word of God unto the people, the people
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  Speaker 1: also left their labors to hear the word of God.
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  Speaker 1: And when the priest had imparted unto them the word
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  Speaker 1: of God, they all returned again diligently unto their labors.
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  Speaker 1: And the priest not esteeming himself above his hearers, for
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  Speaker 1: the preacher was no better than the hearer. Neither was
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  Speaker 1: a teacher any better than the learner. And that they
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  Speaker 1: were all equal. And they did all labor, every man
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  Speaker 1: according to his strength, and they did him part of
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  Speaker 1: their substance, every man according to that which he had,
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  Speaker 1: to the poor and the needy, and the sick and
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  Speaker 1: the afflicted. And they did not wear costly apparel. Yet
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  Speaker 1: they were neat and comely. And thus they did establish
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  Speaker 1: the affairs of the Church. And thus they began to
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  Speaker 1: have continual peace again, notwithstanding all their persecutions. And now
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  Speaker 1: because of the steadiness of the Church, they began to
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  Speaker 1: be exceedingly rich, having abundance of all things whatsoever they
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  Speaker 1: stood in need and abundance of flocks and herds and
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  Speaker 1: fatlings of every kind, and also an abundance of grain,
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  Speaker 1: and of gold, and of silver and of precious things,
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  Speaker 1: and abundance of silk and fine twined linen, and all
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  Speaker 1: manner of good homely cloth. And thus, in their prosperous circumstances,
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  Speaker 1: they did not send away any who were naked, or
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  Speaker 1: that were hungry, or that were at thirst, or that
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  Speaker 1: were sick, or that had not been nourished.
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  Speaker 2: And they did not set their hearts upon riches.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore they were liberal to all, both old and young,
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  Speaker 1: both bond and free, both male and female, whether out
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  Speaker 1: of the church or in the church, having no respect
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  Speaker 1: to persons as to those who stood in need. And
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  Speaker 1: thus they did prosper and become far more wealthy than
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  Speaker 1: those who did not belong to their church. For those
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  Speaker 1: who did not belong to them church did indulge themselves
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  Speaker 1: in sorceries and in idolatry or idleness, and in babblings,
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  Speaker 1: and in envyings and strife, wearing costly apparel, being lifted
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  Speaker 1: up in the pride of their own eyes, persecuting, lying, thieving, robbing,
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  Speaker 1: committing hortoms and murdering, and all manner of wickedness. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: the law was put in force upon all those who
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  Speaker 1: did transgress it, inasmuch as it was possible. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that by thus exercising the law upon them,
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  Speaker 1: every man suffering according to that which he had done,
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  Speaker 1: they became more still and durst not commit any wickedness,
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  Speaker 1: if it were known. Therefore, there was much peace among
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  Speaker 1: the people of Nephi until the fifth year of the
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  Speaker 1: reign of the judges end of chapter one, chapter two.
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  Speaker 2: And it came to.
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  Speaker 1: Pass in the commencement of the fifth year of their
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  Speaker 1: reign there began to be a contention among the people
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  Speaker 1: for a certain man being called Amlesi, he being a
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  Speaker 1: very a cunning man, yea a wise man as to
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  Speaker 1: the wisdom of the world, he being after the order
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  Speaker 1: of the man that slew Gideon by the sword, who
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  Speaker 1: was executed according to the law. Now, this Amelesi had
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  Speaker 1: by his cunning drawn away much people after him, even
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  Speaker 1: so much that they began to be very powerful, and
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  Speaker 1: they began to endeavor to establish Amlesi to be king
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  Speaker 1: over the people. Now this was alarming to the people
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  Speaker 1: of the Church and also to all those who had
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  Speaker 1: not been drawn away after the persuasions of Amlesi. For
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  Speaker 1: they knew that, according to their law, that such things
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  Speaker 1: must be established by the voice of the people. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: if it were possible that Amelessi should gain the voice
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  Speaker 1: of the people, he, being a wicked man, would deprive
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  Speaker 1: them of their rights and privileges of the Church, for
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  Speaker 1: it was his intent to destroy the Church of God.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the people assembled themselves
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  Speaker 1: together throughout all the land, every man, according to his mind,
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  Speaker 1: whether or fore or against Amlethi, in separate body, having
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  Speaker 1: much dispute and wonderful contentions, one with another. And thus
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  Speaker 1: they did assemble themselves together to cast their voices concerning
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  Speaker 1: the matter. And they were laid before the judges. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that the voice of the people
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  Speaker 1: came against Amlesi, that he was not made king over
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  Speaker 1: the people. Now this did cause much joy in the
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  Speaker 1: hearts of those who were against him. But Amlesi did
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  Speaker 1: stir up those who were in his favor to anger
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  Speaker 1: against those who were not in his favor. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that they gathered themselves together and did
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  Speaker 1: consecrate Amlesi to be their king. Now, when Amelesi was
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  Speaker 1: made king over them, he commanded them that they should
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  Speaker 1: take up arms against their brethren, And this he did
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  Speaker 1: that he might subject them to him. Now the people
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  Speaker 1: of Amlessi were distinguished by the name of Amelesi, being
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  Speaker 1: called Amlesites, and the remainder were called Nephytes, or the
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  Speaker 1: people of God. Therefore, the people of the Nephites were
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  Speaker 1: aware of the intent of the Amlesites, and therefore they
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  Speaker 1: did prepare to meet them. Yea, they did arm themselves
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  Speaker 1: with swords and with scimeters, and with bows, and with arrows,
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  Speaker 1: and with stones, and with slings, and with all manner
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  Speaker 1: of weapons of war of every kind. And thus they
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  Speaker 1: were prepared to meet the Amlysites at the time of
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  Speaker 1: their coming. And there were appointed captains and higher captains
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  Speaker 1: and chief captains according to their numbers. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that Amlesaid did arm his men with all
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  Speaker 1: manner of weapons of war of every kind. And he
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  Speaker 1: also appointed rulers and leaders over his people to lead
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  Speaker 1: them to war against their brethren. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that the Ammelysites came upon the hill m Naihu,
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  Speaker 1: which was east of the river Sidon which ran by
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  Speaker 1: the land of Zarahemla, and there they began to make
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  Speaker 1: war with the Nephytes.
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  Speaker 2: Now Alma being the chief.
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  Speaker 1: Judge and the governor of the people of Nephi, Therefore
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  Speaker 1: he went up with his people Yea, with his captains
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  Speaker 1: and chief captains, Yea at the head of his armies
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  Speaker 1: against the Amlysites to battle. And they began to slay
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  Speaker 1: the Amlysites upon the hill east of Sidon, And the
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  Speaker 1: Amlysites did contend with the Nephites with great strength, insomuch
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  Speaker 1: that many of the Nephytes did fall before the Amlysites. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: the lord did strengthen the hand of the Nephytes, that
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  Speaker 1: they slew the Amlysites with great slaughter, that they began
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  Speaker 1: to flee before them. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: the Nephytes did pursue the Amlysites all that day and
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  Speaker 1: did slay them with much slaughter, insomuch that there were
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  Speaker 1: slain of the Amlysites twelve thousand, five hundred sixty and
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  Speaker 1: two souls, and there were slain of the Nephytes six thousand,
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  Speaker 1: five hundred sixty and two souls. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that when Alma could pursue the Amlysites no longer,
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  Speaker 1: he caused that his people should pitch their tints in
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  Speaker 1: the valley of Gideon, the valley being called after that Gideon,
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  Speaker 1: who was slain by the hand of Nehor with the sword.
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  Speaker 1: And in this valley the Nephytes did pitch their tents
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  Speaker 1: for the knight. And Alma sent spies to follow the
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  Speaker 1: remnant of the Amlysites, that he might know of their
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  Speaker 1: plans and their plots, whereby he might guard himself against them,
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  Speaker 1: that he might preserve his people from being destroyed. Now,
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  Speaker 1: those whom he had sent out to watch camp of
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  Speaker 1: the Amlysites were called Zuram, and Amnor, and Mantai and Limhir.
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  Speaker 1: These were they who went out with their men to
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  Speaker 1: watch the camp of the Amelesites. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that on the morrow they were turned into the
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  Speaker 1: camp of the Nephites in great haste, being greatly astonished
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  Speaker 1: and struck with much fear, saying, behold, we followed the
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  Speaker 1: camp of the Ammelysites, and to our great astonishment in
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  Speaker 1: the land of Manon above the land of Zaraheimla, in
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  Speaker 1: the course of the land of Nephi, we saw a
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  Speaker 1: numerous hosts of the Lamanites, and behold, the Amlesites have
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  Speaker 1: joined them, and they are upon our brethren in that land.
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  Speaker 1: And they are fleeing before them with their flocks and
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  Speaker 1: their wives and their children towards our city, and etcetera.
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  Speaker 1: To make haste they obtained possession of our city, and
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  Speaker 1: our fathers, and our wives and our children be slain.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the people of Nephi
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  Speaker 1: took their tents and departed out of the Valley of
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  Speaker 1: Gideon towards their city, which was the city of Zaraheimla.
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  Speaker 1: And behold, as they were crossing the river p Sidon,
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  Speaker 1: the Lamanites and the Amlesites, being as numerous almost as
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  Speaker 1: it were as the sands of the sea, came upon
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  Speaker 1: them to destroy them. Nevertheless, the Nephites, being strengthened by
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  Speaker 1: the hand of the Lord, having prayed mightily to him
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  Speaker 1: that he would deliver them out of the hands of
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  Speaker 1: their enemies. Therefore the Lord did hear their cries and
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  Speaker 1: did strengthen them, and the Lamanites and the Amlesites did
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  Speaker 1: fall before them. And it came to pass that Almah
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  Speaker 1: fought was Amlesi with the sword face to faith, and
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  Speaker 1: they did contend mightily one with another. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that Almah, being a man of God, being
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  Speaker 1: exercised with much faith, cried saying, O, Lord, have mercy
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  Speaker 1: and spare my life, that I may be an instrument
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  Speaker 1: in thy hands to save and preserve this people.
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  Speaker 2: Now, when Almah had said these.
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  Speaker 1: Words, he contended again with Amlessi, and he was strengthened
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that he slew Amlesi with the sword. And he
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  Speaker 1: also contended with the King of the Lamanites. But the
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  Speaker 1: King of the Lamanites fled back from before Almah and
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  Speaker 1: sent his guards to contend with Alma. But Alma, with
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  Speaker 1: his guards, contended with the guards of the King of
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  Speaker 1: the Lamanites until he slew and drove them back. And
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  Speaker 1: thus he cleared the ground, or rather the bank, which
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  Speaker 1: was on the west of the river Sidon, throwing the
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  Speaker 1: bodies of the Lamanites who had been slain into the
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  Speaker 1: waters of the Seidon, that thereby his people might have
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  Speaker 1: room to cross and contend with the Lamanites and the
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  Speaker 1: Amlysites on the west side of the river Sidon. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that when they had crossed the
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  Speaker 1: river Seiden, that the Lamanites and the Amlysites began to
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  Speaker 1: flee before them, notwithstanding they were so numerous that they
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  Speaker 1: could not be numbered. And they fled before the Nephites
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  Speaker 1: towards the wilderness which was west and north away beyond
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  Speaker 1: the borders of the land. And the Nephites did pursue
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  Speaker 1: them with their might and did slay them. Yea, they
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  Speaker 1: were met on every hand and slain and driven until
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  Speaker 1: they were scattered on the west and on the north,
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  Speaker 1: until they had reached the wilderness which was called Harmounts.
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  Speaker 1: And it was that part of the wilderness which was
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  Speaker 1: infested by wild and ravenous beasts. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that many died in the wilderness of their wounds
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  Speaker 1: and were devoured by those beasts, and also the vultures
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  Speaker 1: of the air, and their bones have been found and
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  Speaker 1: have been heaped upon the earth. End of chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three. And it came to pass that the Nephites
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  Speaker 1: who were not slain by the weapons of war, after
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  Speaker 1: having buried those who had been slain. Now the number
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  Speaker 1: of the slain were not numbered, because of the greatness
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  Speaker 1: of their number. After they had finished burying their dead,
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  Speaker 1: they all returned to their lands and to their houses,
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  Speaker 1: and their wives and their children. Now many women and
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  Speaker 1: children had been slain with the sword, and also many
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  Speaker 1: of their flocks and their herds, and also many of
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  Speaker 1: their fields of grain were destroyed, for they were trodden
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  Speaker 1: down by the hosts of men. And Now as many
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  Speaker 1: of the Lamanites and the Amlysites, who had been slain
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  Speaker 1: upon the bank of the river Sidon, were cast into
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  Speaker 1: the waters of Sidon. And behold, their bones are in
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  Speaker 1: the depths of the sea, and they are many. And
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  Speaker 1: the Ammelesites were distinguished from the Nephytes, for they had
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  Speaker 1: marked themselves with red in their foreheads, after the manner
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  Speaker 1: of the Lamanites. Nevertheless, they had not shorn their heads
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  Speaker 1: like unto the Lamanites. Now the heads of the Lamanites
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  Speaker 1: were shorn, and they were naked, save it were the
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  Speaker 1: skin which was girded about their loins, and also their
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  Speaker 1: armor which was girded about them, and their bows and
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  Speaker 1: their arrows, and their stones, and their slings and so forth.
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  Speaker 1: And the skins of the Lamanites were dark according to
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  Speaker 1: the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was
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  Speaker 1: accursed upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion
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  Speaker 1: against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob and Joseph
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  Speaker 1: and Sam, who were just and holy men, and their
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  Speaker 1: brethren sought to destroy them. Therefore they were cursed, and
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  Speaker 1: the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea upon
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  Speaker 1: Laymen and Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael and
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  Speaker 1: the Ishmaelitish women. And this was done that their seed
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  Speaker 1: might be distinguished from the seed of their brethren, that
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  Speaker 1: thereby the Lord God might preserve his people, that they
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  Speaker 1: might not mix and believe in the incorrect traditions which
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  Speaker 1: would prove their destruction. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: whosoever did mingle his seed with that of the Lamanites,
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  Speaker 1: did bring the same curse upon his seed. Therefore, whosoever
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  Speaker 1: suffered himself to be led away with the Lamanites was
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  Speaker 1: called under that head, and there was a mark set
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  Speaker 1: upon him. And it came to pass that whosoever would
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  Speaker 1: not believe in the tradition of the Lamanites, but believe
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  Speaker 1: those records which were brought out of the.
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  Speaker 2: Land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of their.
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  Speaker 1: Fathers, which were correct, who believed in the commandments of
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  Speaker 1: God and kept them were called Nephites or the people
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  Speaker 1: of Nephi from that time forth. And it is they
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  Speaker 1: who have kept the records which are true of their people,
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  Speaker 1: and also of the Lamanites. Now we will return again
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  Speaker 1: to the Amlysites. For they also had a mark set
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  Speaker 1: upon them. Yea, they set the mark upon themselves. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: even a mark of red upon their forehead. Thus the
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  Speaker 1: word of God is fulfilled. Were these are the words
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  Speaker 1: which he said to Nephi. Behold, the Lamanites have I cursed,
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  Speaker 1: And I will set a mark on them, that they
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  Speaker 1: and their seed may be separated from THEE and Thy
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  Speaker 1: Seed from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent
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  Speaker 1: of their wickedness and turn to me, that I may
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  Speaker 1: have mercy upon them. And again I will set a
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  Speaker 1: mark upon him that mingles his seed with thy brethren,
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  Speaker 1: that they may be cursed also. And again I will
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  Speaker 1: set a mark upon him that fightest against THEE and
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  Speaker 1: thy Seed. And again I say that he that departed
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  Speaker 1: from THEE shall no more be called thy seed. And
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  Speaker 1: I will bless THEE and whomsoever shall be called thy
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  Speaker 1: seed henceforth and forever. And these were the promises of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord unto Nephi and to his seed. Now the
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  Speaker 1: Amocytes knew not that they were fulfilling the words of
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  Speaker 1: God when they began to mark themselves and their foreheads. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: they had come out in open rebellion against God. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: it was expedient that the curse should fall upon them.
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  Speaker 1: Now I would that ye should see that they brought
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  Speaker 1: upon themselves the curse. And even so doth every man
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  Speaker 1: that is cursed bring upon himself his own condemnation. Now
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that not many days after the
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  Speaker 1: battle which was fought in the land of Zaraheimla by
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  Speaker 1: the Lamanites and the Amlesites, that there was another army
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  Speaker 1: of the Lamanites came in upon the people of Nephi
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  Speaker 1: in the same place where the first army met the Ammelysites.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that there was an army
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  Speaker 1: sent to drive them out of their land. Now, Amah himself,
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  Speaker 1: being afflicted with the wound, did not go up to
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  Speaker 1: battle at this time against the Lamanites, but he sent
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  Speaker 1: up a numerous army against them, and they went up
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  Speaker 1: and slew many of the Lamanites, and drove the remainder
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  Speaker 1: of them out.
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  Speaker 2: Of the borders of their land.
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  Speaker 1: And then they returned again and began to establish peace
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  Speaker 1: in the land, being troubled no more for a time
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  Speaker 1: with their enemies. Now all these things were done. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: all these wars and contentions were commenced and ended in
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  Speaker 1: the fifth year of the reign of the Judges.
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  Speaker 2: And in one year they.
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  Speaker 1: Were thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to
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  Speaker 1: the eternal world, that they might reap their rewards according
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  Speaker 1: to their works, whether they were good or whether they
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  Speaker 1: were bad, to reap paternal happiness or eternal misery, according
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  Speaker 1: to the spirit which they listed to obey, whether it
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  Speaker 1: be a good spirit or a bad one. For every
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  Speaker 1: man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to obey.
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  Speaker 1: And this according to the words of the Spirit of Prophecy.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore let it be according to the truth. And thus
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  Speaker 1: endeth the fifth year of the reign of the Judges.
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  Speaker 1: End of Alma, Chapters one through three.