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Chapter 15
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1 And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek were commanded
to depart out of that city; and they departed, and came out even into the
land of Sidom; and behold, there they found all the people who had departed
out of the land of Ammonihah, who had been cast out and stoned, because they believed
in the words of Alma.
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2 And they related unto them all that had happened unto
their wives and children, and also concerning themselves, and of their power
of deliverance.
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3 And also Zeezrom lay sick at Sidom, with a burning
fever, which was caused by the great tribulations of his mind on account of
his wickedness, for he supposed that Alma and Amulek were no more; and he
supposed that they had been slain because of his iniquity. And this great
sin, and his many other sins, did harrow up his mind until it did become
exceedingly sore, having no deliverance; therefore he began to be scorched
with a burning heat.
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4 Now, when he heard that Alma and Amulek were in the land
of Sidom, his heart began to take courage; and he sent a message immediately
unto them, desiring them to come unto him.
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5 And it came to pass that they went immediately, obeying
the message which he had sent unto them; and they went in unto the house unto
Zeezrom; and they found him upon his bed, sick, being very low with a burning
fever; and his mind also was exceedingly sore because of his iniquities; and
when he saw them he stretched forth his hand, and besought them that they
would heal him.
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6 And it came to pass that Alma said unto him, taking him
by the hand: Believest thou in the power of Christ unto salvation?
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7 And he answered and said: Yea, I believe all the words
that thou hast taught.
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8 And Alma said: If thou believest in the redemption of
Christ thou canst be healed.
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9 And he said: Yea, I believe according to thy words.
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10 And then Alma cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord our
God, have mercy on this man, and heal him according to his faith which is in
Christ.
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11 And when Alma had said these words, Zeezrom leaped upon
his feet, and began to walk; and this was done to the great astonishment of
all the people; and the knowledge of this went forth throughout all the land
of Sidom.
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12 And Alma baptized Zeezrom unto the Lord; and he began
from that time forth to preach unto the people.
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13 And Alma established a church in the land of Sidom, and
consecrated priests and teachers in the land, to baptize unto the Lord
whosoever were desirous to be baptized.
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14 And it came to pass that they were many; for they did
flock in from all the region round about Sidom, and were baptized.
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15 But as to the people that were in the land of
Ammonihah, they yet remained a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people; and
they repented not of their sins, ascribing all the power of Alma and Amulek
to the devil; for they were of the profession of Nehor, and did not believe
in the repentance of their sins.
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16 And it came to pass that Alma and Amulek, Amulek having
forsaken all his gold, and silver, and his precious things, which were in the
land of Ammonihah, for the word of God, he being rejected by those who were
once his friends and also by his father and his kindred;
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17 Therefore, after Alma having established the church at
Sidom, seeing a great check, yea, seeing that the people were checked as to
the pride of their hearts, and began to humble themselves before God, and
began to assemble themselves together at their sanctuaries to worship God
before the altar, watching and praying continually, that they might be
delivered from Satan, and from death, and from destruction—
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18 Now as I said, Alma having seen all these things,
therefore he took Amulek and came over to the land of Zarahemla, and took him
to his own house, and did administer unto him in his tribulations, and
strengthened him in the Lord.
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19 And thus ended the tenth year of the reign of the
judges over the people of Nephi.
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