The Book of Mormon

Alma 56:5

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~63 BC

1830 Edition

therefore it supposeth me that I tell you that two thousand of these young men hath taken their weapons of war, and would that I should be their leader; and we have come forth to defend our country.

Influences

Acts 18:14 (KJV)
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

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tTherefore it supposfficeth me that I tell you that two thousand of these young men hathve taken their weapons of war, and would that I should be their leader; and we have come forth to defend our country.

Simple English

So I will tell you that 2,000 of these young men took up their weapons of war. They wanted me to be their leader. We have come to defend our country.

Paraphrase

'What matters is this: two thousand of these young men picked up weapons and asked me to lead them. They’ve come to defend our country.'