According to Kent Brown, it is possible to see Alma1 as a type of Moses . . . the parallels are intriguing. Among other things, each led his group through the wilderness to the land from which their ancestors had set out. Moreover, each gave the law to his people and placed them under covenant to obey the Lord. For Alma's group, the terms of the covenant are rehearsed in Mosiah 18:8-10; the sign of the covenant consisted in baptism (Mosiah 18:12-16); the name of the covenant people was "the church of God, or the church of Christ" (Mosiah 18:17); and the terms of the new law, including the priesthood offices, are outlined in Mosiah 18:18-28. [S. Kent Brown, "The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" in From Jerusalem to Zarahemla, pp. 79, 92]