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Mosiah 2
King Benjamin addresses his people—He recounts the equity, fairness, and spirituality of his reign—He counsels them to serve their Heavenly King—Those who rebel against God will suffer anguish like unquenchable fire. About 124 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
Mosiah
had
done
as
his
father
had
commanded
him,
and
had
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
the
land,
that
the
people
a
gathered
themselves
together
throughout
all
the
land,
that
they
might
go
up
to
the
b
temple
to
c
hear
the
d
words
which
king
Benjamin
should
speak
unto
them.
2 And
there
were
a
great
number,
even
so
many
that
they
did
not
number
them;
for
they
had
multiplied
exceedingly
and
waxed
great
in
the
land.
3 And
they
also
took
of
the
a
firstlings
of
their
flocks,
that
they
might
offer
b
sacrifice
and
c
burnt
d
offerings
e
according
to
the
law
of
Moses;
4 And
also
that
they
might
give
thanks
to
the
Lord
their
God,
who
had
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Jerusalem,
and
who
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
and
had
a
appointed
just
men
to
be
their
b
teachers,
and
also
a
just
man
to
be
their
king,
who
had
established
peace
in
the
c
land
of
Zarahemla,
and
who
had
taught
them
to
d
keep
the
commandments
of
God,
that
they
might
rejoice
and
be
filled
with
e
love
towards
God
and
all
men.
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
when
they
came
up
to
the
temple,
they
pitched
their
tents
round
about,
every
man
according
to
his
a
family,
consisting
of
his
wife,
and
his
sons,
and
his
daughters,
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters,
from
the
eldest
down
to
the
youngest,
every
family
being
separate
one
from
another.
6 And
they
pitched
their
tents
round
about
the
temple,
every
man
having
his
a
tent
with
the
door
thereof
towards
the
temple,
that
thereby
they
might
remain
in
their
tents
and
hear
the
words
which
king
Benjamin
should
speak
unto
them;
7 For
the
multitude
being
so
great
that
king
Benjamin
could
not
teach
them
all
within
the
walls
of
the
temple,
therefore
he
caused
a
a
tower
to
be
erected,
that
thereby
his
people
might
hear
the
words
which
he
should
speak
unto
them.
8 And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
began
to
speak
to
his
people
from
the
tower;
and
they
could
not
all
hear
his
words
because
of
the
greatness
of
the
multitude;
therefore
he
caused
that
the
words
which
he
spake
should
be
written
and
sent
forth
among
those
that
were
not
under
the
sound
of
his
voice,
that
they
might
also
receive
his
words.
9 And
these
are
the
words
which
he
a
spake
and
caused
to
be
written,
saying:
My
brethren,
all
ye
that
have
assembled
yourselves
together,
you
that
can
hear
my
words
which
I
shall
speak
unto
you
this
day;
for
I
have
not
commanded
you
to
come
up
hither
to
b
trifle
with
the
words
which
I
shall
speak,
but
that
you
should
c
hearken
unto
me,
and
open
your
ears
that
ye
may
hear,
and
your
d
hearts
that
ye
may
understand,
and
your
e
minds
that
the
f
mysteries
of
God
may
be
unfolded
to
your
view.
10 I
have
not
commanded
you
to
come
up
hither
that
ye
should
fear
a
me,
or
that
ye
should
think
that
I
of
myself
am
more
than
a
mortal
man.
11 But
I
am
like
as
yourselves,
subject
to
all
manner
of
infirmities
in
body
and
mind;
yet
I
have
been
chosen
by
this
people,
and
a
consecrated
by
b
my
father,
and
was
suffered
by
the
hand
of
the
Lord
that
I
should
be
a
ruler
and
a
king
over
this
people;
and
have
been
kept
and
preserved
by
his
matchless
power,
to
serve
you
with
all
the
might,
mind
and
strength
which
the
Lord
hath
granted
unto
me.
12 I
say
unto
you
that
as
I
have
been
suffered
to
a
spend
my
days
in
your
service,
even
up
to
this
time,
and
have
not
sought
b
gold
nor
silver
nor
any
manner
of
riches
of
you;
13 Neither
have
I
suffered
that
ye
should
be
confined
in
dungeons,
nor
that
ye
should
make
slaves
one
of
another,
nor
that
ye
should
murder,
or
plunder,
or
steal,
or
commit
adultery;
nor
even
have
I
suffered
that
ye
should
commit
any
manner
of
wickedness,
and
have
taught
you
that
ye
should
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
in
all
things
which
he
hath
commanded
you—
14 And
even
I,
myself,
have
a
labored
with
mine
own
b
hands
that
I
might
serve
you,
and
that
ye
should
not
be
c
laden
with
taxes,
and
that
there
should
nothing
come
upon
you
which
was
grievous
to
be
borne—and
of
all
these
things
which
I
have
spoken,
ye
yourselves
are
witnesses
this
day.
15 Yet,
my
brethren,
I
have
not
done
these
things
that
I
might
a
boast,
neither
do
I
tell
these
things
that
thereby
I
might
accuse
you;
but
I
tell
you
these
things
that
ye
may
know
that
I
can
answer
a
clear
b
conscience
before
God
this
day.
16 Behold,
I
say
unto
you
that
because
I
said
unto
you
that
I
had
spent
my
days
in
your
service,
I
do
not
desire
to
boast,
for
I
have
only
been
in
the
service
of
God.
17 And
behold,
I
tell
you
these
things
that
ye
may
learn
a
wisdom;
that
ye
may
learn
that
when
ye
are
in
the
b
service
of
your
c
fellow
beings
ye
are
only
in
the
service
of
your
God.
18 Behold,
ye
have
called
me
your
king;
and
if
I,
whom
ye
call
your
king,
do
labor
to
a
serve
you,
then
ought
not
ye
to
labor
to
serve
one
another?
19 And
behold
also,
if
I,
whom
ye
call
your
king,
who
has
spent
his
days
in
your
service,
and
yet
has
been
in
the
service
of
God,
do
merit
any
thanks
from
you,
O
how
you
ought
to
a
thank
your
heavenly
b
King!
20 I
say
unto
you,
my
brethren,
that
if
you
should
render
all
the
a
thanks
and
b
praise
which
your
whole
soul
has
power
to
possess,
to
that
God
who
has
created
you,
and
has
kept
and
c
preserved
you,
and
has
caused
that
ye
should
d
rejoice,
and
has
granted
that
ye
should
live
in
peace
one
with
another—
21 I
say
unto
you
that
if
ye
should
a
serve
him
who
has
created
you
from
the
beginning,
and
is
b
preserving
you
from
day
to
day,
by
lending
you
c
breath,
that
ye
may
live
and
move
and
do
according
to
your
own
d
will,
and
even
supporting
you
from
one
moment
to
another—I
say,
if
ye
should
serve
him
with
all
your
e
whole
souls
yet
ye
would
be
f
unprofitable
servants.
22 And
behold,
all
that
he
a
requires
of
you
is
to
b
keep
his
commandments;
and
he
has
c
promised
you
that
if
ye
would
keep
his
commandments
ye
should
prosper
in
the
land;
and
he
never
doth
d
vary
from
that
which
he
hath
said;
therefore,
if
ye
do
e
keep
his
f
commandments
he
doth
bless
you
and
prosper
you.
23 And
now,
in
the
first
place,
he
hath
created
you,
and
granted
unto
you
your
lives,
for
which
ye
are
indebted
unto
him.
24 And
secondly,
he
doth
a
require
that
ye
should
do
as
he
hath
commanded
you;
for
which
if
ye
do,
he
doth
immediately
b
bless
you;
and
therefore
he
hath
paid
you.
And
ye
are
still
indebted
unto
him,
and
are,
and
will
be,
forever
and
ever;
therefore,
of
what
have
ye
to
boast?
25 And
now
I
ask,
can
ye
say
aught
of
yourselves?
I
answer
you,
Nay.
Ye
cannot
say
that
ye
are
even
as
much
as
the
dust
of
the
earth;
yet
ye
were
a
created
of
the
b
dust
of
the
earth;
but
behold,
it
c
belongeth
to
him
who
created
you.
26 And
I,
even
I,
whom
ye
call
your
king,
am
a
no
better
than
ye
yourselves
are;
for
I
am
also
of
the
dust.
And
ye
behold
that
I
am
old,
and
am
about
to
yield
up
this
mortal
frame
to
its
mother
earth.
27 Therefore,
as
I
said
unto
you
that
I
had
a
served
you,
b
walking
with
a
clear
conscience
before
God,
even
so
I
at
this
time
have
caused
that
ye
should
assemble
yourselves
together,
that
I
might
be
found
blameless,
and
that
your
c
blood
should
not
come
upon
me,
when
I
shall
stand
to
be
judged
of
God
of
the
things
whereof
he
hath
commanded
me
concerning
you.
28 I
say
unto
you
that
I
have
caused
that
ye
should
assemble
yourselves
together
that
I
might
a
rid
my
garments
of
your
blood,
at
this
period
of
time
when
I
am
about
to
go
down
to
my
grave,
that
I
might
go
down
in
peace,
and
my
immortal
b
spirit
may
join
the
c
choirs
above
in
singing
the
praises
of
a
just
God.
29 And
moreover,
I
say
unto
you
that
I
have
caused
that
ye
should
assemble
yourselves
together,
that
I
might
declare
unto
you
that
I
can
no
longer
be
your
teacher,
nor
your
king;
30 For
even
at
this
time,
my
whole
frame
doth
tremble
exceedingly
while
attempting
to
speak
unto
you;
but
the
Lord
God
doth
support
me,
and
hath
suffered
me
that
I
should
speak
unto
you,
and
hath
commanded
me
that
I
should
declare
unto
you
this
day,
that
my
son
Mosiah
is
a
a
king
and
a
ruler
over
you.
31 And
now,
my
brethren,
I
would
that
ye
should
do
as
ye
have
hitherto
done.
As
ye
have
kept
my
commandments,
and
also
the
commandments
of
my
father,
and
have
prospered,
and
have
been
kept
from
falling
into
the
hands
of
your
enemies,
even
so
if
ye
shall
keep
the
commandments
of
my
son,
or
the
commandments
of
God
which
shall
be
delivered
unto
you
by
him,
ye
shall
prosper
in
the
land,
and
your
enemies
shall
have
no
power
over
you.
32 But,
O
my
people,
beware
lest
there
shall
arise
a
contentions
among
you,
and
ye
b
list
to
c
obey
the
evil
spirit,
which
was
spoken
of
by
my
father
Mosiah.
33 For
behold,
there
is
a
wo
pronounced
upon
him
who
listeth
to
a
obey
that
spirit;
for
if
he
listeth
to
obey
him,
and
remaineth
and
dieth
in
his
b
sins,
the
same
drinketh
c
damnation
to
his
own
soul;
for
he
receiveth
for
his
wages
an
d
everlasting
e
punishment,
having
transgressed
the
law
of
God
contrary
to
his
own
knowledge.
34 I
say
unto
you,
that
there
are
not
any
among
you,
except
it
be
your
little
children
that
have
not
been
taught
concerning
these
things,
but
what
knoweth
that
ye
are
eternally
a
indebted
to
your
heavenly
Father,
to
render
to
him
b
all
that
you
have
and
are;
and
also
have
been
taught
concerning
the
c
records
which
contain
the
prophecies
which
have
been
spoken
by
the
holy
prophets,
even
down
to
the
time
our
father,
Lehi,
left
Jerusalem;
35 And
also,
all
that
has
been
spoken
by
our
fathers
until
now.
And
behold,
also,
they
spake
that
which
was
commanded
them
of
the
Lord;
therefore,
they
are
a
just
and
true.
36 And
now,
I
say
unto
you,
my
brethren,
that
after
ye
have
known
and
have
been
taught
all
these
things,
if
ye
should
transgress
and
go
a
contrary
to
that
which
has
been
spoken,
that
ye
do
b
withdraw
yourselves
from
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord,
that
it
may
have
no
place
in
you
to
guide
you
in
wisdom's
paths
that
ye
may
be
blessed,
prospered,
and
preserved—
37 I
say
unto
you,
that
the
man
that
doeth
this,
the
same
cometh
out
in
open
a
rebellion
against
God;
therefore
he
b
listeth
to
obey
the
evil
spirit,
and
becometh
an
enemy
to
all
righteousness;
therefore,
the
Lord
has
no
place
in
him,
for
he
dwelleth
not
in
c
unholy
temples.
38 Therefore
if
that
man
a
repenteth
not,
and
remaineth
and
dieth
an
enemy
to
God,
the
demands
of
divine
b
justice
do
awaken
his
immortal
soul
to
a
lively
sense
of
his
own
c
guilt,
which
doth
cause
him
to
shrink
from
the
d
presence
of
the
Lord,
and
doth
fill
his
breast
with
guilt,
and
e
pain,
and
f
anguish,
which
is
like
an
unquenchable
g
fire,
whose
flame
ascendeth
up
forever
and
ever.
39 And
now
I
say
unto
you,
that
a
mercy
hath
no
claim
on
that
man;
therefore
his
final
doom
is
to
endure
a
never-ending
b
torment.
40 O,
all
ye
a
old
men,
and
also
ye
young
men,
and
you
little
children
who
can
understand
my
words,
for
I
have
spoken
plainly
unto
you
that
ye
might
understand,
I
pray
that
ye
should
awake
to
a
b
remembrance
of
the
awful
situation
of
those
that
have
fallen
into
transgression.
41 And
moreover,
I
would
desire
that
ye
should
consider
on
the
blessed
and
a
happy
state
of
those
that
keep
the
commandments
of
God.
For
behold,
they
are
b
blessed
in
all
things,
both
temporal
and
spiritual;
and
if
they
hold
out
c
faithful
to
the
end
they
are
received
into
d
heaven,
that
thereby
they
may
dwell
with
God
in
a
state
of
never-ending
happiness.
O
remember,
remember
that
these
things
are
true;
for
the
Lord
God
hath
spoken
it.
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