1 And it came to pass that in this same year, behold, aNephi bdelivered up the judgment-seat to a man whose name was cCezoram.
2 For as their laws and their governments were established by the avoice of the people, and they who bchose evil were cmore numerous than they who chose good, therefore they were dripening for destruction, for the laws had become corrupted.
3 Yea, and this was not all; they were a astiffnecked people, insomuch that they could not be governed by the law nor justice, save it were to their destruction.
16 And even from one city to another, until they had gone forth aamong all the people of Nephi who were in the land southward; and from thence into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites.
17 And it came to pass that they did apreach with great bpower, insomuch that they did confound many of those cdissenters
who had gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came forth and
did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance, and
immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair unto them the
wrongs which they had done.
18 And
it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites with
such great power and authority, for they had power and authority given
unto them that they might aspeak, and they also had what they should speak given unto them—
19 Therefore
they did speak unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites, to the
convincing them, insomuch that there were eight thousand of the
Lamanites who were in the land of Zarahemla and round about abaptized unto repentance, and were convinced of the bwickedness of the ctraditions of their fathers.
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