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Mosiah 22
Plans are made for the people to escape from Lamanite bondage—The Lamanites are made drunk—The people escape, return to Zarahemla, and become subject to King Mosiah. About 121–120 B.C.
And
now
it
came
to
pass
that
Ammon
and
king
Limhi
began
to
consult
with
the
people
how
they
should
a
deliver
themselves
out
of
bondage;
and
even
they
did
cause
that
all
the
people
should
gather
themselves
together;
and
this
they
did
that
they
might
have
the
voice
of
the
people
concerning
the
matter.
2 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
could
find
no
way
to
deliver
themselves
out
of
bondage,
except
it
were
to
take
their
women
and
children,
and
their
flocks,
and
their
herds,
and
their
tents,
and
depart
into
the
wilderness;
for
the
Lamanites
being
so
numerous,
it
was
impossible
for
the
people
of
Limhi
to
contend
with
them,
thinking
to
deliver
themselves
out
of
bondage
by
the
sword.
3 Now
it
came
to
pass
that
a
Gideon
went
forth
and
stood
before
the
king,
and
said
unto
him:
Now
O
king,
thou
hast
hitherto
hearkened
unto
my
words
many
times
when
we
have
been
contending
with
our
brethren,
the
Lamanites.
4 And
now
O
king,
if
thou
hast
not
found
me
to
be
an
unprofitable
servant,
or
if
thou
hast
hitherto
listened
to
my
words
in
any
degree,
and
they
have
been
of
service
to
thee,
even
so
I
desire
that
thou
wouldst
listen
to
my
words
at
this
time,
and
I
will
be
thy
servant
and
deliver
this
people
out
of
bondage.
5 And
the
king
granted
unto
him
that
he
might
speak.
And
Gideon
said
unto
him:
6 Behold
the
back
pass,
through
the
back
wall,
on
the
back
side
of
the
city.
The
Lamanites,
or
the
a
guards
of
the
Lamanites,
by
night
are
b
drunken;
therefore
let
us
send
a
proclamation
among
all
this
people
that
they
gather
together
their
flocks
and
herds,
that
they
may
drive
them
into
the
wilderness
by
night.
7 And
I
will
go
according
to
thy
command
and
pay
the
last
a
tribute
of
wine
to
the
Lamanites,
and
they
will
be
b
drunken;
and
we
will
pass
through
the
secret
pass
on
the
left
of
their
camp
when
they
are
drunken
and
asleep.
8 Thus
we
will
depart
with
our
women
and
our
children,
our
flocks,
and
our
herds
into
the
wilderness;
and
we
will
travel
around
the
land
of
a
Shilom.
9 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
king
hearkened
unto
the
words
of
Gideon.
10 And
king
Limhi
caused
that
his
people
should
gather
their
flocks
together;
and
he
sent
the
tribute
of
wine
to
the
Lamanites;
and
he
also
sent
more
wine,
as
a
present
unto
them;
and
they
did
drink
freely
of
the
wine
which
king
Limhi
did
send
unto
them.
11 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
people
of
king
Limhi
did
a
depart
by
night
into
the
wilderness
with
their
flocks
and
their
herds,
and
they
went
round
about
the
land
of
b
Shilom
in
the
wilderness,
and
bent
their
course
towards
the
land
of
Zarahemla,
being
led
by
Ammon
and
his
brethren.
12 And
they
had
taken
all
their
gold,
and
silver,
and
their
precious
things,
which
they
could
carry,
and
also
their
provisions
with
them,
into
the
wilderness;
and
they
pursued
their
journey.
13 And
after
being
many
days
in
the
wilderness
they
a
arrived
in
the
land
of
Zarahemla,
and
joined
Mosiah's
people,
and
became
his
subjects.
14 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Mosiah
a
received
them
with
joy;
and
he
also
received
their
b
records,
and
also
the
c
records
which
had
been
found
by
the
people
of
Limhi.
15 And
now
it
came
to
pass
when
the
Lamanites
had
found
that
the
people
of
Limhi
had
departed
out
of
the
land
by
night,
that
they
sent
an
a
army
into
the
wilderness
to
pursue
them;
16 And
after
they
had
pursued
them
two
days,
they
could
no
longer
follow
their
tracks;
therefore
they
were
lost
in
the
wilderness.
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