Mosiah 10:8
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of the land of Shilom, with their numerous hosts, men armed with bows, and with arrows, and with swords, and with cimeters, and with stones, and with slings; and they had their heads shaved, that they were naked; and they were girded about with a leathern girdle about their loins.
Influences
Matthew 3:4 (KJV)
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Changes
And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of the land of Shilom, with their numerous hosts, men armed with bows, and with arrows, and with swords, and with cimeters, and with stones, and with slings; and they had their heads shaved, that they were naked; and they were girded about with a leathern girdle about their loins.
Simple English
They came up north of the land of Shilom with many soldiers. The men had bows, arrows, swords, curved swords, stones, and slings. They had shaved heads and were almost naked. They only wore leather belts around their waists.
Paraphrase
They came from the north side of the land of Shilom—a massive army of men armed with bows, arrows, swords, scimitars, stones, and slings. Their heads were shaved bare, they wore almost nothing except leather belts around their waists.