Alma 31:11-15

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Questions

What doest it mean to "pervert the ways of the Lord"? What is meant by "the ways of the Lord"? Does that just mean the teachings of how we are to relate to God? The gospel? Or something else?

What exactly did Alma and the others find so astonishing? The synagogues? Their prayers? The towers?
There seem to be more than one synagogue indicated here. How big was the land? How many Zoramites were there? Who exactly were these people who had followed Zoram?
What is meant here by synagogue? Why would that word be used in our English translation of the Book of Alma?

What is the nature of this prayer stand? Why would it be elevated "high above the head"? Why only room for one person on the top of the stand?
What did this synagogue look like, with a stand in the center? Where were the other worshipers during the prayers. Were they surrounding the stand in the middle? How did this work?
Did these synagogues have a ceiling? If so, how high was the ceiling? How big were these synagogues? Where did the labor and materials come from to build such apparently large buildings with tall ceilings?

Is there something wrong with raising the hands to heaven and addressing God in a loud voice?

Unlike Korihor, the Zoramites believe in God. What do they mean when they say they believe that God is holy?
What is the significance of the Zoramites believing God to be a spirit, and that he will "be a spirit forever"? Why would they emphasize this?