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of Moroni, which was in the borders by the seashore. Thus | 01 | |
had Moroni and Pahoran obtained the possession of the city of | ||
Nephihah without the loss of one soul; and there were many | ||
of the Lamanites which were slain. | 04 | |
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Now it came to pass that many of the Lamanites that | 05 | |
were prisoners were desirous to join the people of Ammon, | ||
and become a free people. And it came to pass that as many | ||
as were desirous, unto them it was granted, according to their | ||
desires; therefore all the prisoners of the Lamanites did join | ||
the people of Ammon, and did begin to labor exceedingly, til- | 10 | |
ling the ground, raising all manner of grain, and flocks, and | ||
herds of every kind; and thus were the Nephites relieved from | ||
a great BURTHEN; yea, insomuch that they were relieved from | ||
all the prisoners of the Lamanites. | 14 | |
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Now it came to pass that Moroni, after he had obtained pos- | 15 | |
session of the city of Nephihah, having taken many prisoners, | ||
which did reduce the armies of the Lamanites exceedingly, | ||
and having regained many of the Nephites who had been ta- | ||
ken prisoners, which did strengthen the army of Moroni excee- | ||
dingly; therefore Moroni went forth from the land of Nephi- | 20 | |
hah to the land of Lehi. | 21 | |
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And it came to pass that when the Lamanites saw that Mo- | 22 | |
roni was coming against them, they were again frightened, | ||
and fled before the army of Moroni. And it came to pass | ||
that Moroni and his army did pursue them from city to city, | 25 | |
until they were met by Lehi and Teancum; and the Lamanites | ||
fled from Lehi and Teancum, even down upon the borders by | ||
the seashore, until they came to the land of Moroni . And the | ||
armies of the Lamanites were all gathered together, insomuch | ||
that they were all in one body, in the land of Moroni. Now | 30 | |
Ammoron, the King of the Lamanites, was also with them. | 31 | |
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And it came to pass that Moroni and Lehi and Teancum, | 32 | |
did encamp with their armies round about in the borders of | ||
the land of Moroni, insomuch that the Lamanites were EN- | ||
CIRCLED about in the borders by the wilderness, on the south, | 35 | |
and in the borders by the wilderness, on the east; and | ||
thus they did encamp for the night. For behold, the Nephites | ||
and the Lamanites also, were weary because of the greatness | ||
of the march; therefore they did not resolve upon any strata- | ||
gem in the night time, save it were Teancum; for he was ex- | 40 | |
ceedingly angry with Ammoron, insomuch that he considered | ||
that Ammoron, and Amalickiah his brother, had been the cause | ||
of this great and lasting war between them and the Lamanites, | 43 | |
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which had been the cause of so much war and bloodshed, yea , | 01 | |
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And it came to pass that Teancum, in his anger, did go forth | 03 | |
into the camp of the Lamanites, and did let himself down over | ||
the walls of the city. And he went forth with a cord, from | 05 | |
place to place, insomuch that he did find the king; and he did | ||
cast a javelin at him, which did pierce him near the heart. -- | ||
But behold, the king did awake his servant before he died, | ||
insomuch that they did pursue Teancum, and slew him. | 09 | |
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Now it came to pass that when Lehi and Moroni knew that | 10 | |
Teancum was dead, they were exceeding sorrowful; for be- | ||
hold, he had been a man which had fought valiantly for his | ||
country, yea , a true friend to liberty; and he had suffered very | ||
many exceeding sore afflictions. But behold, he was dead, | ||
and had gone the way of all the earth. | 15 | |
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Now it came to pass that Moroni marched forth on the mor- | 16 | |
row, and came upon the Lamanites, insomuch that they did | ||
slay them with a great slaughter; and they did drive them out | ||
of the land; and they did flee, even that they did not return | ||
at that time against the Nephites. And thus ended the thirty | 20 | |
and first year of the reign of the Judges over the people of Ne- | ||
phi; and thus they had wars, and bloodsheds, and fam- | ||
ine, and affliction, for the space of many years. And there | ||
had been murders, and contentions, and dissensions, and all | ||
manner of iniquity, among the people of Nephi; nevertheless, | 25 | |
for the righteous' sake, yea, because of the prayers of the | ||
righteous, they were spared. But behold, because of the ex- | ||
ceeding great length of the war between the Nephites and the | ||
Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the excee- | ||
ding great length of the war; and many were softened, because | 30 | |
of their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves | ||
before God, even in the depth of humility. | 32 | |
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And it came to pass that after Moroni had fortified those | 33 | |
parts of the land which were most exposed to the Lamanites, | ||
until they were sufficiently strong, he returned to the city of | 35 | |
Zarahemla; and also Helaman returned to the place of his | ||
inheritance; and there was once more peace established among | ||
the people of Nephi. And Moroni yielded up the command | ||
of his armies into the hands of his son, whose name was Mo- | ||
ronihah; and he retired to his own house, that he might spend | 40 | |
the remainder of his days in peace. And Pahoran did return | ||
to his judgment seat; and Helaman did take upon him again | ||
to preach unto the people the word of God; for because of | 43 | |
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BOOK OF ALMA 405 |
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so many wars and contentions, it had become expedient | 01 | |
that a regulation should be made again in the church; therefore | ||
Helaman and his brethren went forth, and did declare the | ||
word of God with much power, unto the convincing of many | ||
people of their wickedness, which did cause them to repent of | 05 | |
their sins, and to be baptized unto the Lord their God. | 06 | |
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And it came to pass that they did establish again the church | 07 | |
of God, throughout all the land; yea, and REGULATIONS were | ||
made concerning the law. And their Judges, and their Chief | ||
Judges were chosen. And the people of Nephi began to pros- | 10 | |
per again in the land, and began to multiply and to wax excee- | ||
ding strong again in the land. And they began to grow excee- | ||
ding rich; but notwithstanding their riches, or their strength, | ||
or their prosperity, they were not lifted up in the pride of their | ||
eyes; neither were they slow to remember the Lord their | 15 | |
God; but they did humble themselves exceedingly before him; | ||
yea, they did remember how great things the Lord had done | ||
for them, that he had delivered them from death, and from | ||
bonds, and from prisons, and from all manner of afflictions, | ||
and he had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies. | 20 | |
And they did pray unto the Lord their God continually, inso- | ||
much that the Lord did bless them, according to his word, so | ||
that they did wax strong, and prosper in the land. And it | ||
came to pass that all these things were done. And Helaman | ||
died, in the thirty and fifth year of the reign of the Judges | 25 | |
over the people of Nephi. | 26 | |
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brown text = words found in the Oberlin Ms and the Book of Mormon
brown CAPs = words relatively unique to the Oberlin Ms and B. of M. brown und. = word strings common to the Oberlin Ms and B. of M. green text = related words (common root) in Oberlin Ms and B. of M. blue text = Proper nouns appearing only in the Book of Mormon blue bold = Book of Mormon words not in the Oberlin Ms | | |
example:
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And it came to pass that Moroni and Lehi and Teancum, | 403:32 | |
did encamp with their armies round about in the borders of | ||
the land of Moroni, insomuch that the Lamanites were EN- | ||
CIRCLED about in the borders by the wilderness, on the south, | 403:35 | |
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comments:
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And it = common Spalding word group ubiquitous in English texts
came to pass = "came to"/"to pass" (common Spalding word groups) that, and = common Spalding words ubiquitous in English texts Moroni, Lehi, Teancum, Lamanites = names found only in the B. of M. blue text = Proper nouns appearing only in the Book of Mormon did encamp = Spalding words (not found together in the Oberlin Ms). Rather than this biblical-sounding emphatic past tense, the Oberlin Ms usually has the simple past, past perfect, and historical present tenses (i.e. "was encamped," "they encamped," "had encamped," etc.) with their armies = "with their"/"their armies" (Spalding word groups) blue bold = Book of Mormon words not in the Oberlin Ms | | |
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