Mormon 5:4
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain the city. And there were also other cities which were maintained by the Nephites, which strong holds did cut them off that they could not get into the country which lay before us to destroy the inhabitants of our land.
Changes
And it came to pass that they came against us again, and we did maintain the city. And there were also other cities which were maintained by the Nephites, which strong holds did cut them off that they could not get into the country which lay before us, to destroy the inhabitants of our land.
Simple English
They came against us again. We kept the city safe. Other Nephite cities also stayed safe. These strong places kept the Lamanites from getting into the land in front of us. They couldn’t destroy the people living there.
Paraphrase
They came at us again, and we held the city. There were other cities the Nephites held too—strongholds that blocked the Lamanites from pushing deeper into our territory and wiping out our people.