“There Were Dissenters Who Went Up from the Nephites Unto the Lamanites”

W. Cleon Skousen

A major hazard among the Nephites was the tendency of the rebel minority groups to constantly join the Lamanites and then make monumental promises to the Lamanites if they would raid the Nephites and then share the loot.

By 35 B.C. the Nephites were practically set up for a catastrophe. Here is what happened that year.

Treasures from the Book of Mormon

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