Alma 27:23

And behold, we will set our armies between the land Jershon and the land Nephi, that we may protect our brethren in the land Jershon; and this we do for our brethren, on account of their fear to take up arms against their brethren, lest they should commit sin; and this their great fear came, because of their sore repentance which they had, on account of their many murders, and their awful wickedness.

“We will put our armies between the land Jershon and the land Nephi. We will keep our relatives in the land Jershon safe. We are doing this for our relatives because they are afraid to pick up weapons against their relatives. They don’t want to sin. This fear came because they feel so sorry about all the killing they did and their terrible sins.”

“We’ll station our armies between Jershon and the land of Nephi to protect them. We’re doing this because they’re afraid to take up weapons—afraid they’ll sin if they fight their own people. Their fear comes from deep repentance over all the murders and terrible wickedness in their past.”