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Moroni commands the Lamanites to make a covenant of peace or be destroyed—Zerahemnah rejects the offer, and the battle resumes—Moroni's armies defeat the Lamanites. About 74–73 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
stop
and
withdrew
a
pace
from
them.
And
Moroni
said
unto
a
Zerahemnah:
Behold,
Zerahemnah,
that
we
do
b
not
desire
to
be
men
of
blood.
Ye
know
that
ye
are
in
our
hands,
yet
we
do
not
desire
to
slay
you.
2 Behold,
we
have
not
come
out
to
battle
against
you
that
we
might
shed
your
blood
for
power;
neither
do
we
desire
to
bring
any
one
to
the
a
yoke
of
bondage.
But
this
is
the
b
very
cause
for
which
ye
have
come
against
us;
yea,
and
ye
are
angry
with
us
because
of
our
religion.
3 But
now,
ye
behold
that
the
Lord
is
with
us;
and
ye
behold
that
he
has
delivered
you
into
our
hands.
And
now
I
would
that
ye
should
understand
that
this
is
done
unto
us
a
because
of
our
religion
and
our
faith
in
Christ.
And
now
ye
see
that
ye
cannot
destroy
this
our
faith.
4 Now
ye
see
that
this
is
the
true
faith
of
God;
yea,
ye
see
that
God
will
support,
and
keep,
and
preserve
us,
so
long
as
we
are
a
faithful
unto
him,
and
unto
our
faith,
and
our
religion;
and
never
will
the
Lord
suffer
that
we
shall
be
destroyed
except
we
should
fall
into
transgression
and
deny
our
faith.
5 And
now,
Zerahemnah,
I
command
you,
in
the
name
of
that
all-powerful
God,
who
has
strengthened
our
arms
that
we
have
gained
power
over
you,
a
by
our
faith,
by
our
religion,
and
by
our
b
rites
of
worship,
and
by
our
church,
and
by
the
sacred
support
which
we
owe
to
our
c
wives
and
our
children,
by
that
d
liberty
which
binds
us
to
our
lands
and
our
country;
yea,
and
also
by
the
maintenance
of
the
sacred
word
of
God,
to
which
we
owe
all
our
happiness;
and
by
all
that
is
most
dear
unto
us—
6 Yea,
and
this
is
not
all;
I
command
you
by
all
the
desires
which
ye
have
for
life,
that
ye
a
deliver
up
your
weapons
of
war
unto
us,
and
we
will
seek
not
your
blood,
but
we
will
b
spare
your
lives,
if
ye
will
go
your
way
and
come
not
again
to
war
against
us.
7 And
now,
if
ye
do
not
this,
behold,
ye
are
in
our
hands,
and
I
will
command
my
men
that
they
shall
fall
upon
you,
and
a
inflict
the
wounds
of
death
in
your
bodies,
that
ye
may
become
extinct;
and
then
we
will
see
who
shall
have
power
over
this
people;
yea,
we
will
see
who
shall
be
brought
into
bondage.
8 And
now
it
came
to
pass
that
when
Zerahemnah
had
heard
these
sayings
he
came
forth
and
delivered
up
his
a
sword
and
his
cimeter,
and
his
bow
into
the
hands
of
Moroni,
and
said
unto
him:
Behold,
here
are
our
weapons
of
war;
we
will
deliver
them
up
unto
you,
but
we
will
not
suffer
ourselves
to
take
an
b
oath
unto
you,
which
we
know
that
we
shall
break,
and
also
our
children;
but
take
our
weapons
of
war,
and
suffer
that
we
may
depart
into
the
wilderness;
otherwise
we
will
retain
our
swords,
and
we
will
perish
or
conquer.
9 Behold,
we
are
a
not
of
your
faith;
we
do
not
believe
that
it
is
God
that
has
delivered
us
into
your
hands;
but
we
believe
that
it
is
your
cunning
that
has
preserved
you
from
our
swords.
Behold,
it
is
your
b
breastplates
and
your
shields
that
have
preserved
you.
10 And
now
when
Zerahemnah
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
these
words,
Moroni
returned
the
sword
and
the
weapons
of
war,
which
he
had
received,
unto
Zerahemnah,
saying:
Behold,
we
will
end
the
conflict.
11 Now
I
cannot
recall
the
words
which
I
have
spoken,
therefore
as
the
Lord
liveth,
ye
shall
not
depart
except
ye
depart
with
an
oath
that
ye
will
not
return
again
against
us
to
war.
Now
as
ye
are
in
our
hands
we
will
spill
your
blood
upon
the
ground,
or
ye
shall
submit
to
the
conditions
which
I
have
proposed.
12 And
now
when
Moroni
had
said
these
words,
Zerahemnah
retained
his
sword,
and
he
was
angry
with
Moroni,
and
he
rushed
forward
that
he
might
slay
Moroni;
but
as
he
raised
his
sword,
behold,
one
of
Moroni's
soldiers
smote
it
even
to
the
earth,
and
it
broke
by
the
hilt;
and
he
also
smote
Zerahemnah
that
he
took
off
his
scalp
and
it
fell
to
the
earth.
And
Zerahemnah
withdrew
from
before
them
into
the
midst
of
his
soldiers.
13 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
soldier
who
stood
by,
who
smote
off
the
scalp
of
Zerahemnah,
took
up
the
scalp
from
off
the
ground
by
the
hair,
and
laid
it
upon
the
point
of
his
sword,
and
stretched
it
forth
unto
them,
saying
unto
them
with
a
loud
voice:
14 Even
as
this
scalp
has
fallen
to
the
earth,
which
is
the
scalp
of
your
chief,
so
shall
ye
fall
to
the
earth
except
ye
will
deliver
up
your
weapons
of
war
and
depart
with
a
covenant
of
peace.
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