Nevertheless, they had had many wars and serious contentions, and had fallen by the sword from time to time;
Book of Mormon Omni 1:6,29
6 For the Lord would not suffer, after he
had led them out of the land of Jerusalem
and kept
and preserved them
from falleing into the hands of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that
the swords should not be verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land.
29 And it came
to pass that
they also took others to a considerable number, and took their journey again into the wilderness.
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