Moroni — Narrative Events
8 narrative events.
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For behold, their wars are exceedingly fierce among themselves; and because of their hatred they put to death every Nephite that will not deny the Christ.
The text describes intense internal wars among the Lamanites, indicating that hatred drives them to kill every Nephite who refuses to deny Christ.
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and the multitude heard it not, but the disciples heard it;
The text distinguishes between the crowd and the disciples: the multitude did not hear the words, while the disciples did, which specifies knowledge to a particular group.
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and on as many as they laid their hands, fell the Holy Ghost.
The text describes the outcome of the ritual act: the Holy Ghost coming upon those upon whom hands were laid, thereby linking the practice to a direct spiritual effect.
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it grieveth me that there should disputations rise among you. For, if I have learned the truth, there have been disputations among you concerning the baptism of your little children.
The message shifts to an issue within the community: disputes regarding the baptism of little children, which Mormon describes as a matter that causes him great sorrow.
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For behold, I have had a sore battle with the Lamanites, in which we did not conquer; and Archeantus has fallen by the sword, and also Luram and Emron; yea, and we have lost a great number of our choice men.
The narrator describes a military defeat against the Lamanites, with the fall of leaders and chosen men, highlighting a heavy collective loss.
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For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from the tower of Sherrizah; and there were men, women, and children.
And the husbands and fathers of those women and children they have slain; and they feed the women upon the flesh of their husbands, and the children upon the flesh of their fathers; and no water, save a l…
The narrator conveys news received from another about prisoners taken from the tower of Sherrizah, then describes brutal treatment including killing, starvation, and humiliation.
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And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters who remain in Sherrizah; and that part of the provisions which the Lamanites did not carry away, behold, the army of Zenephi has carried away, and left them to wander whithersoever they can for food; and many old women do faint by the way and die.
And the army which is with me is weak; and the armies of the Lamanites are betwixt Sherriz…
The narrator describes a comprehensive social collapse: neglected widows, plundered provisions, a weak army, and the leader’s inability to control the people, portraying corruption as all-encompassing and indescribable.
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And now I bid unto all, farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.
Moroni concludes his message with a final farewell, describing his imminent death and the anticipation of resurrection and standing before God the Judge.