The Book of Mormon

Alma 57:30

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And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me: Behold, we did start to go down to the land of Zarahemla, with our prisoners. And it came to pass that we did meet the spies of our armies, which had been sent out to watch the camp of the Lamanites.

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And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me: Behold, we did start to go down to the land of Zarahemla, with our prisoners. And it came to pass that we did meet the spies of our armies, whicho had been sent out to watch the camp of the Lamanites.

Simple English

These are the words Gid said to me: We started to go to the land of Zarahemla with our prisoners. We met some of our scouts. They had been watching the Lamanite camp.

Paraphrase

Here’s what Gid told me: ‘We started south toward Zarahemla with our prisoners. On the way, we met some of our scouts who’d been watching the Lamanite camps.’