Alma 11
1 Now it was in the law of Mosiah that every man who was a judge of the
law, or those who were appointed to be judges, should receive wages
according to the time which they labored to judge those who were brought
before them to be judged.
2 Now if a man owed another, and he would not pay that which he did owe,
he was complained of to the judge; and the judge executed authority, and
sent forth officers that the man should be brought before him; and he judged
the man according to the law and the evidences which were brought against
him, and thus the man was compelled to pay that which he owed, or be
stripped, or be cast out from among the people as a thief and a robber.
3 And the judge received for his wages according to his time — a senine of
gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to a senine of gold; and
this is according to the law which was given.
4 Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of their
silver, according to their value. And the names are given by the Nephites, for
they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews who were at Jerusalem;
neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews; but they altered their
reckoning and their measure, according to the minds and the circumstances
of the people, in every generation, until the reign of the judges, they having
been established by king Mosiah.
5 Now the reckoning is thus — a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of
gold, and a limnah of gold.
6 A senum of silver, an amnor of silver, an ezrom of silver, and an onti of
silver.
7 A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure
of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.
8 Now the amount of a seon of gold was twice the value of a senine.
9 And a shum of gold was twice the value of a seon.
10 And a limnah of gold was the value of them all.
11 And an amnor of silver was as great as two senums.
12 And an ezrom of silver was as great as four senums.
13 And an onti was as great as them all.
14 Now this is the value of the lesser numbers of their reckoning —
15 A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a measure of
barley.
16 And a shiblum is a half of a shiblon.
17 And a leah is the half of a shiblum.
18 Now this is their number, according to their reckoning.
19 Now an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons.
20 Now, it was for the sole purpose to get gain, because they received their
wages according to their employ, therefore, they did stir up the people to
riotings, and all manner of disturbances and wickedness, that they might have
more employ, that they might get money according to the suits which were
brought before them; therefore they did stir up the people against Alma and
Amulek.
21 And this Zeezrom began to question Amulek, saying: Will ye answer me
a few questions which I shall ask you? Now Zeezrom was a man who was
expert in the devices of the devil, that he might destroy that which was good;
therefore, he said unto Amulek: Will ye answer the questions which I shall
put unto you?
22 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit of the
Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the Spirit of
the Lord. And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are six onties of silver,
and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny the existence of a Supreme
Being.
23 Now Amulek said: O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me? $ Knowest
thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?
24 Believest thou that there is no God? I say unto you, Nay, thou knowest
that there is a God, but thou lovest that lucre more than him.
25 And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto me —
Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto thee —
when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was only thy
desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou mightest have
cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil thou shalt have thy
reward.
26 And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?
27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.
28 Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?
29 And he answered, No.
30 Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?
31 And he said: An angel hath made them known unto me.
32 And Zeezrom said again: Who is he that shall come? Is it the Son of
God?
33 And he said unto him, Yea.
34 And Zeezrom said again: Shall he save his people in their sins? And
Amulek answered and said unto him: I say unto you he shall not, for it is
impossible for him to deny his word.
35 Now Zeezrom said unto the people: See that ye remember these things;
for he said there is but one God; yet he saith that the Son of God shall come,
but he shall not save his people — as though he had authority to command
God.
36 Now Amulek saith again unto him: Behold thou hast lied, for thou sayest
that I spake as though I had authority to command God because I said he
shall not save his people in their sins.
37 And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins; for I
cannot deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can inherit the
kingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except ye inherit the
kingdom of heaven? $ Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.
38 Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very Eternal
Father?
39 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very Eternal Father of heaven
and of earth, and all things which in them are; he is the beginning and the
end, the first and the last;
40 And he shall come into the world to redeem his people; and he shall take
upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his name; and these are
they that shall have eternal life, and salvation cometh to none else.
41 Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no redemption
made, except it be the loosing of the bands of death; for behold, the day
cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand before God, and be judged
according to their works.
42 Now, there is a death which is called a temporal death; and the death of
Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all shall be raised
from this temporal death.
43 The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both
limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at
this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we
know now, and have a bright recollection of all our guilt.
44 Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond
and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even
there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall
be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and shall be
brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the
Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged
according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.
45 Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the mortal
body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body. I say unto
you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body, that is from death,
even from the first death unto life, that they can die no more; their spirits
uniting with their bodies, never to be divided; thus the whole becoming
spiritual and immortal, that they can no more see corruption.
46 Now, when Amulek had finished these words the people began again to
be astonished, and also Zeezrom began to tremble. And thus ended the
words of Amulek, or this is all that I have written.