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CHAPTER 25
Lamanite aggression spread—The seed of the priests of Noah perish as
Abinadi prophesied—Many Lamanites are converted and join the people of
Anti-Nephi-Lehi— |
Lamanite agressions spread—The Lamanitish seed of the priest of Noah also perish as Abinadi prophesied—Many Lamanites are converted an join the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi—They believe in Christ and keep the law of Moses. [Between 81 and 78 B.C.] | |
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1 AND behold, now it came to pass that
those Lamanites were more angry because they had slain their brethren;
therefore they swore vengeance upon the Nephites; and they did
ano more attempt to slay the people of
bAnti-Nephi-Lehi at that time.
2 But they took their armies and went over into the borders of the land of Zarahemla, and *fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah, and adestroyed thema.
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2a fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah, and destoryed them This event occured in the eleventh year of the riegn of the judges (See Alma 16:1-2). |
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Alma 24:24 (20-25) b Alma 27:2 2a Alma 8:16; Alma 16:9
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3 And after that, they had amany battles with the
Nephites, in the which they were driven and slain.
4 And among the Lamanites who were slain were almost all the aseed of Amulon and his brethren, who were the priests of Noah, and they were slain by the hands of the Nephites;
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Alma 27:1 3a Mosiah 23:35
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5 And the remainder, having fled into the east wilderness, and having
usurped the power and aauthority over the Lamanites, caused
that many of the Lamanites should bperish by fire because
of their belief—
6 For many of athem, after having suffered much loss and so many afflictions, began to be stirred up in remembrance of the bwords which Aaron and his brethren had preached to them in their land; therefore they began to disbelieve the ctraditions of their fathers, and to believe in the Lord, and that he gave great power unto the Nephites; and thus there were many of them converted in the wilderness. 7 And it came to pass that those rulers who were the remnant of the children of Amulon caused that they should be put to bdeath, yea, all those that believed in these things.
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Authority b Mosiah 17:15 6a IE the Lamanities b Alma 21:9 (5-12) c Alma 26:24 7a Alma 21:3 (2-4); Alma 24:1, 28-30 b TG Martyrdom
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8 Now this martyrdom caused that many of their brethren should be
stirred up to anger; and there began to be contention in the wilderness; and
the Lamanites began to ahunt the seed of Amulon and his
brethren and began to slay them; and they fled into the east wilderness.
9 And behold they are hunted at this day by the Lamanites. Thus the words of Abinadi were brought to pass, which he said concerning the seed of the priests who caused that he should suffer death by fire. 10 For he said unto them: What ye shall ado unto me shall be a type of things to come.
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Mosiah 17:18 10a Mosiah 13:10
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11 And now Abinadi was the first that suffered
adeath by fire because of his belief in God; now this is
what he meant, that many should suffer death by fire, according as he had
suffered.
12 And he said unto the priests of Noah that their seed should cause many to be put to death, in the like manner as he was, and that they should be scattered abroad and slain, even as a sheep having no shepherd is driven and slain by wild beasts; and now behold, these words were verified, for they were driven by the Lamanites, and they were hunted, and they were smitten.
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Mosiah 17:13-20
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13 And it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that they could
not overpower the aNephites they returned again to their
own land; and many of them came over to dwell in the land of
aIshmael and the land of Nephi, and did join themselves to
the people of God, who were the people ofb Anti-Nephi-Lehi.
14 And they did also abury their weapons of war, according as their brethren had, and they began to be a righteous people; and they did walk in the ways of the Lord, and did observe to keep his commandments and his statutes. 15 Yea, and they did keep the law of Moses; for it was expedient that they should keep the law of Moses as yet, for it was not all fulfilled. But notwithstanding the alaw of Moses, they did look forward to the coming of Christ, considering that the law of Moses was a btype of his coming, and believing that they must keep those coutward dperformances until the time that he should be revealed unto them.
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Alma 22:1, 4 b Alma 24:1-3, 5, 20; Alma 27:21 (2, 21, 25) 14a Alma 24:15; Alma 26:32 15a Jacob 4:5; Jarom 1:11 b Mosiah 16:14; TG Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation c Josh. 1:8; Mosiah 3:14-15; Mosiah 13:29-32; D&C 41:5 (4-5) d TG Ordinance
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16 Now they did not suppose that asalvation came by
the blaw of Moses; but the law of Moses did serve to
strengthen their faith in Christ; and thus they did retain a
chope through faith, unto eternal salvation, relying upon
the spirit of prophecy, which spake of those things to come.
17 And now behold, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and Himni, and their brethren did rejoice exceedingly, for the success which they had had among the Lamanites, seeing that the Lord had granted unto them according to their aprayers, and that he had also verified his word unto them in every particular.
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Mosiah 3:15;
Mosiah 12:31; Mosiah 13:28 (27-33) b 2 Ne. 11:4; Jacob 4:5; Jarom 1:11; Ether 12:19 (18-29) c Alma 33:22 (19-23); Alma 37:46 (45-46) 17a Alma 17:9 (7-11)
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| * Verse 2 [81 B.C.] ~ According to Alma 16:1-2 |
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