The Book of Mormon

Alma 55:16

1830 Edition

And now this was according to the design of Moroni. And Moroni had prepared his men with weapons of war; and he went to the city Gid, while the Lamanites were in a deep sleep, and drunken, and cast in the weapons of war in unto the prisoners, insomuch that they were all armed;

Changes

And now this was according to the design of Moroni. And Moroni had prepared his men with weapons of war; and he went to the city Gid, while the Lamanites were in a deep sleep, and drunken, and cast in the weapons of war in unto the prisoners, insomuch that they were all armed;

Simple English

This was what Moroni had planned. Moroni had his men ready with weapons of war. He went to the city of Gid while the Lamanites were in a deep sleep and drunk. He threw weapons in to the prisoners so that they were all armed.

Paraphrase

This was exactly what Moroni had planned. He had his men ready with weapons. While the Lamanites lay in their drunken stupor, he went to the city of Gid and threw weapons over the walls to the prisoners, arming every one of them—