Alma 36:25-30

Brant Gardner

The conclusion to this section of his blessing to Helaman expresses his joy in the fruit of his labors. It is his testimony to his son that all his experiences really happened, and that they testify of Jehovah’s ability to deliver.

With that theme, Alma concludes by returning to the statement about deliverance in verse 2. In verses 28 and 29, Alma specifically recalls the deliverance from Egypt, and the Lehite deliverance from Jerusalem.

When he finishes recapitulating verse 2, he ends by returning to verse 1. He reiterates both the positive and the negative aspects of the foundational covenant of the land.

There is no chapter break at this point in the 1830 edition. Alma continues immediately to the text that we have as Alma 37.

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