The Book of Mormon

Alma 57:13

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1830 Edition

But it came to pass that our prisoners were so numerous, that notwithstanding the enormity of our numbers, we were obliged to employ all our force to keep them, or to put them to death.

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But it came to pass that our prisoners were so numerous, that, notwithstanding the enormity of our numbers, we were obliged to employ all our force to keep them, or to put them to death.

Simple English

But we had so many prisoners. Even with all our men, we had to use all our strength to guard them or kill them.

Paraphrase

But now we had a serious problem. We’d captured so many prisoners that even with our large army, we had to use nearly every soldier just to guard them—or else kill them.