10  When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

  2  And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto ^aJericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  44  If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt ^asend them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

  16  And also, that God would make it known unto them whither they should go to defend themselves against their enemies, and by so doing, the Lord would deliver them; and this was the faith of Moroni, and his heart did glory in it; not in the shedding of blood but in doing good, in preserving his people, yea, in keeping the commandments of God, yea, and resisting iniquity.

  46  And they were doing that which they felt was the duty which they owed to their God; for the Lord had said unto them, and also unto their fathers, that: ^bInasmuch as ye are not guilty of the first offense, neither the second, ye shall not suffer yourselves to be slain by the hands of your enemies.