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Show BOOK 374 was determined city of Mulek. OF BOOK dirt out of the the to slay them, and cut his way through to more were But behold, Moroni and his men powerful ; therefore they did not give way And it came to pass taken and bound, into the land they did guard the prisoners of the Lamanites; yea, even within a wall, which they had caused them to build ‘with their own hands. Now Moroni was compelled to cause the Lamanites to labor, because it were easy to guard them while at their labor; and he desired all his forces, when he should make an attack upon the Lamanites. And it came to pass that Moroni had thus gained a victory over one of the greatest of the armies of the Lamanites, and had obtained possession of the city Mulek, which was one of the strongest holds of the Lamanites in the land of Nephi; ptains, all t hose and t! ieir we t aken, exceeded mort slain, yet | more and thus he had also built a strong hold to retain his Seas And it came to pass that he did no more attempt a battle with the Lamanites in that year, but he did employ his men in preparing for war; yea, and in making fortifications: to guard os were than the number of those which had been f3 side than those which had been slain on both guar } v r) the pr set c i d did they that pass to nd it came ) and n. \el them to S> ort!whicl } is » Agoners of the Lamanites, and did comp es it ph also the dead of the Ne otetaed the{hel \bury their: dead; yea, and Z : men over them to guard \ M ~ | were slain; and Morom placed ‘ i 7 a ri aus , ie was aman like unto Moroni; and theyeach other, 2! er’s safety ; yea, they were beloved by fnishee beloved by all the people of N ephi. ng manites had And it came to to pass that after the La the Nephites, of burying their dead, and also the dea d ful ’ jana Tenenace nti Bou d were marched back into the lan they § hould comm’ by the orders of Moroni, caused that t the land, or the two T S - iy a>! oie aoe while in the absence of Moroni, on kak ni ee peut thee a neir cities in that part of the land; and thus beee Re 0 ety amongst themselves, yea, because of dissen- 1 abou ild a prea"i s in laboring in digging a ditch round ld bu shou they that ed caus he Bountiful; and ditch; and they timbers. upon the inner ban k of the a it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites, Nephites, yea insomuch ee ftp nsomucn that the y hh had d o btntainedpe possession 2of wel © 2 ae hi ail dissensions eohett i iS . . And Moroni while they should perform their labors command of the cil, k too and the city of Mulek with Lehi, man Ww Now behold this Lehi was @ and gave it unto Lehi. part of all his battles; } ott had been with Moroni in the more rejoiced 10 oi of their women ieee anes 5 yea, and also delivering as 3 oii i oe oe famine and affliction, and providing h compelled to mare war were taken from them, and they wereBountiful. And now the number of prisoners which ditch against the breastwork of timbers ; and timbers and earth, toan exceeding height. And this city became an exceeding strong hold ever after; and in this cit f Ca manites had heard these words, their Chie w down their weapthre and which were not slain, came forth also ¢ ommanded their ons of war at the feet of Moroni, and behold, there wert men that. they should do the same; but would not deliver up many that would not; and those wh 9 apons 0 with their brethren forth 378 arcled the city of Bountiful round about with a strong wall of before the Le- on both hands with And it came to pass that they fougyht sl ain on both sides; were man exceeding fury; and there d, and Jacob was killed. And nde wou was yea, and Moromi fury, with his strong Lehi pressed upon their reat with suchdelivered up their weaprear men, that the Lamanites in the them, being much contused, of r inde rema the and war; ons of e. Now Moroni seeing strik to or knew not whether to go If ye will bring forth your their confusion, he said unto th em, behold we will forbear weapons of war, and deliver the m up, t hat when the La- their swords, were ALMA. thus they did cause the LLamanites to labor, until they had en- manites. shedding your blood. OF ALMA. u and intrigue among themselves, they were placed in P most dangerous circumstances. Bee ae meats ae hemi Nak se ti worwere Lamanites; tick: in? Mihe boosh, e Lomunnten power and pT and his brethren, or rather by the Lord; ee ee ae ‘cog lpgennaaie aap hats unto.the and ae | pots od by \the lephites; and because rey, na een kept from taking up arms against Maen.” ai eh for they had taken an oath, that they never ne <i a ood more; and according to their oath, they ai. ve perished ; yea, they would have syffered thems to have fallen into-the hands of their brethren, had it |