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Alma 54:1-5
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Questions
Verse 1
- Why does Mormon include this incident about prisoner exchange in his account? Is there a lesson of importance here for modern readers, or is this just part of a story?
Verse 2
- Its pretty easy to see Moroni as being happy to exchange prisoners, but why would he "rejoice exceedingly"? Is there something more going on here?
- Why would they exchange prisoners that would just become more enemy soldiers to fight?
Verse 3
- Why would the Lamanites take women and children as prisoners, but the Nephites only took men?
Verse 5
- If Moroni wants to exchange prisoners, why would he write an epistle that can only make Ammoron mad?
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Alma 54:6-10
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Questions
Verse 6
- Why would Moroni bother preaching to Ammoron?
- Why would Moroni tell Ammoron, a Nephite defector, to withdraw to "your own lands, or the land of your possessions" which he and his brother had taken over from the Lamanites? Why doesn't Moroni condemn his having taken the Lamanite lands as well?
Verse 7
- Why would Moroni indicate that Ammoron could escape hell by repenting, if he really was a murderer?
Lexical notes
Verse 6
- Land of Nephi. As we can see from this verse the land of Nephi is more than simply the name of the geographic area that the Lamanites possessed. The name the Nephites use for the land the Lamanites live in reminds them of their dispute with the Lamanites over land. As Moroni saw it, and likely other Nephites as well, that land rightfully belonged to them. Consistent with this interpretation, the name "land of Nephi" is not used in the Book of Mormon after the coming of Christ, when the Nephites and Lamanites live as one people.
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Alma 54:11-15
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Alma 54:16-20
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Alma 54:21-24
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