Mosiah 26:6-10
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Questions
- vv. 10-12: Why do Alma and Mosiah each seem to shirk from judging the people who have been brought before them?
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Exegesis
While the Book of Mormon calls Mosiah a king, in current anthropological terminology, early Nephite kings such as Mosiah may have functioned more as a "Big Man" who rules more by power of personal influence than by the ability to marshall enforcement of laws or edicts. Besides a hesitancy to judge harshly, other evidence for this may be Mosiah and Benjamin's growing of their own food--something that doesn't usually happen in a more hierarchically organized chiefdom or kingdom.
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