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| + | * It's clear that the people are particularly incensed at Amulek's attack on the realm of law and its officers, betraying a focus on the political. (See also [[Alma 8:12]], [[Alma 10:13]], and [[Alma 10:19|Alma 10:19-20]].) | ||
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| + | * It's interesting to see that they feel their laws and lawyers are beyond criticism, and the reasons they give for it, namely, their laws are ''just'' and their lawyers are selected by the people. Quite a contrast with today's world. Laws and lawyers are readily criticized, and we don't put as high a value on the justice of our laws. | ||
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The Book of Mormon > Alma > Chapter 10
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Questions
- v. 22 - Why does Amulek feel the need to distinguish the threatened destruction from the method of Noah's day?
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
Verse 24
- It's clear that the people are particularly incensed at Amulek's attack on the realm of law and its officers, betraying a focus on the political. (See also Alma 8:12, Alma 10:13, and Alma 10:19-20.)
- It's interesting to see that they feel their laws and lawyers are beyond criticism, and the reasons they give for it, namely, their laws are just and their lawyers are selected by the people. Quite a contrast with today's world. Laws and lawyers are readily criticized, and we don't put as high a value on the justice of our laws.
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