Alma 44:8

And now it came to pass that when Zerahemnah had heard these sayings, he came forth and delivered up his sword and his cimeter, and his bow, into the hands of Moroni, and saith unto him, Behold, here is our weapons of war; we will deliver them up unto you, and we will not suffer ourselves to take an oath unto you, which we know that we shall break, and also our children; but take our weapons of war, and suffer that we may depart into the wilderness; otherwise we will retain our swords, and we will perish or conquer.

When Zerahemnah heard this, he came forward and gave his sword, his cimeter, and his bow to Moroni. He said to him: Here are our weapons. We will give them to you. We won’t make a promise that we know we will break. Our children would break it too. Take our weapons and let us go into the wilderness. If not, we will keep our swords and we will die or win.

When Zerahemnah heard this, he stepped forward and handed his sword, scimitar, and bow to Moroni. “Here are our weapons,” he said. “We’ll give them up, but we won’t make an oath we know we’ll break—we won’t curse ourselves and our children like that. Take our weapons and let us leave into the wilderness. Otherwise, we’ll keep our swords and either die fighting or win.”