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Mosiah 13
Abinadi is protected by divine power—He teaches the Ten Commandments—Salvation does not come by the law of Moses alone—God Himself will make an atonement and redeem His people. About 148 B.C.
And
now
when
the
king
had
heard
these
words,
he
said
unto
his
priests:
Away
with
this
fellow,
and
slay
him;
for
what
have
we
to
do
with
him,
for
he
is
a
mad.
2 And
they
stood
forth
and
attempted
to
lay
their
hands
on
him;
but
he
withstood
them,
and
said
unto
them:
3
a
Touch
me
not,
for
God
shall
smite
you
if
ye
lay
your
hands
upon
me,
for
I
have
not
delivered
the
message
which
the
Lord
sent
me
to
deliver;
neither
have
I
told
you
that
which
ye
b
requested
that
I
should
tell;
therefore,
God
will
not
suffer
that
I
shall
be
destroyed
at
this
time.
4 But
I
must
fulfil
the
commandments
wherewith
God
has
commanded
me;
and
because
I
have
told
you
the
truth
ye
are
angry
with
me.
And
again,
because
I
have
spoken
the
word
of
God
ye
have
judged
me
that
I
am
mad.
5 Now
it
came
to
pass
after
Abinadi
had
spoken
these
words
that
the
people
of
king
Noah
durst
not
lay
their
hands
on
him,
for
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
was
upon
him;
and
his
face
a
shone
with
exceeding
luster,
even
as
Moses'
did
while
in
the
mount
of
Sinai,
while
speaking
with
the
Lord.
6 And
he
spake
with
a
power
and
authority
from
God;
and
he
continued
his
words,
saying:
7 Ye
see
that
ye
have
not
power
to
slay
me,
therefore
I
finish
my
a
message.
Yea,
and
I
perceive
that
it
cuts
you
to
your
hearts
because
I
tell
you
the
truth
concerning
your
iniquities.
8 Yea,
and
my
words
fill
you
with
wonder
and
amazement,
and
with
anger.
9 But
I
finish
my
message;
and
then
it
a
matters
not
whither
I
go,
if
it
so
be
that
I
am
saved.
10 But
this
much
I
tell
you,
what
you
a
do
with
me,
after
this,
shall
be
as
a
b
type
and
a
shadow
of
things
which
are
to
come.
11 And
now
I
read
unto
you
the
remainder
of
the
a
commandments
of
God,
for
I
perceive
that
they
are
not
written
in
your
hearts;
I
perceive
that
ye
have
studied
and
taught
b
iniquity
the
most
part
of
your
lives.
12 And
now,
ye
remember
that
I
a
said
unto
you:
Thou
shalt
not
make
unto
thee
any
graven
image,
or
any
likeness
of
things
which
are
in
heaven
above,
or
which
are
in
the
earth
beneath,
or
which
are
in
the
water
under
the
earth.
13 And
again:
Thou
shalt
not
a
bow
down
thyself
unto
them,
nor
serve
them;
for
I
the
Lord
thy
God
am
a
jealous
God,
visiting
the
iniquities
of
the
fathers
upon
the
children,
unto
the
third
and
fourth
generations
of
them
that
hate
me;
14 And
showing
mercy
unto
thousands
of
them
that
love
me
and
keep
my
commandments.
15 Thou
shalt
not
take
the
name
of
the
Lord
thy
God
in
vain;
for
the
Lord
will
not
hold
him
a
guiltless
that
taketh
his
name
in
vain.
16 Remember
the
a
sabbath
day,
to
keep
it
holy.
17 Six
days
shalt
thou
labor,
and
do
all
thy
work;
18 But
the
seventh
day,
the
sabbath
of
the
Lord
thy
God,
thou
shalt
not
do
any
work,
thou,
nor
thy
son,
nor
thy
daughter,
thy
man-servant,
nor
thy
maid-servant,
nor
thy
cattle,
nor
thy
stranger
that
is
within
thy
gates;
19 For
in
a
six
days
the
Lord
made
heaven
and
earth,
and
the
sea,
and
all
that
in
them
is;
wherefore
the
Lord
blessed
the
sabbath
day,
and
hallowed
it.
20
a
Honor
thy
b
father
and
thy
mother,
that
thy
days
may
be
long
upon
the
land
which
the
Lord
thy
God
giveth
thee.
21 Thou
shalt
not
a
kill.
22 Thou
shalt
not
commit
a
adultery.
Thou
shalt
not
b
steal.
23 Thou
shalt
not
bear
a
false
witness
against
thy
neighbor.
24 Thou
shalt
not
a
covet
thy
neighbor's
house,
thou
shalt
not
covet
thy
neighbor's
wife,
nor
his
man-servant,
nor
his
maid-servant,
nor
his
ox,
nor
his
ass,
nor
anything
that
is
thy
neighbor's.
25 And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
Abinadi
had
made
an
end
of
these
sayings
that
he
said
unto
them:
Have
ye
a
taught
this
people
that
they
should
observe
to
do
all
these
things
for
to
keep
these
commandments?
26 I
say
unto
you,
Nay;
for
if
ye
had,
the
Lord
would
not
have
caused
me
to
come
forth
and
to
prophesy
evil
concerning
this
people.
27 And
now
ye
have
said
that
salvation
cometh
by
the
law
of
Moses.
I
say
unto
you
that
it
is
expedient
that
ye
should
a
keep
the
law
of
Moses
as
yet;
but
I
say
unto
you,
that
the
time
shall
come
when
it
shall
b
no
more
be
expedient
to
keep
the
law
of
Moses.
28 And
moreover,
I
say
unto
you,
that
a
salvation
doth
not
come
by
the
b
law
alone;
and
were
it
not
for
the
c
atonement,
which
God
himself
shall
make
for
the
sins
and
iniquities
of
his
people,
that
they
must
unavoidably
perish,
notwithstanding
the
law
of
Moses.
29 And
now
I
say
unto
you
that
it
was
expedient
that
there
should
be
a
law
given
to
the
children
of
Israel,
yea,
even
a
very
a
strict
law;
for
they
were
a
stiffnecked
people,
b
quick
to
do
iniquity,
and
slow
to
remember
the
Lord
their
God;
30 Therefore
there
was
a
a
law
given
them,
yea,
a
law
of
performances
and
of
b
ordinances,
a
law
which
they
were
to
c
observe
strictly
from
day
to
day,
to
keep
them
in
remembrance
of
God
and
their
duty
towards
him.
31 But
behold,
I
say
unto
you,
that
all
these
things
were
a
types
of
things
to
come.
32 And
now,
did
they
a
understand
the
law?
I
say
unto
you,
Nay,
they
did
not
all
understand
the
law;
and
this
because
of
the
hardness
of
their
hearts;
for
they
understood
not
that
there
could
not
any
man
be
saved
b
except
it
were
through
the
redemption
of
God.
33 For
behold,
did
not
Moses
prophesy
unto
them
concerning
the
coming
of
the
Messiah,
and
that
God
should
redeem
his
people?
Yea,
and
even
a
all
the
prophets
who
have
prophesied
ever
since
the
world
began—have
they
not
spoken
more
or
less
concerning
these
things?
34 Have
they
not
said
that
a
God
himself
should
come
down
among
the
children
of
men,
and
take
upon
him
the
form
of
man,
and
go
forth
in
mighty
power
upon
the
face
of
the
earth?
35 Yea,
and
have
they
not
said
also
that
he
should
bring
to
pass
the
a
resurrection
of
the
dead,
and
that
he,
himself,
should
be
oppressed
and
afflicted?
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