The Book of Mormon

Mosiah 9:19

1830 Edition

And I, myself, with mine own hands, did help to bury their dead. And behold, to our great sorrow and lamentation, two hundred and seventy-nine of our brethren were slain.

Simple English

I helped bury their dead with my own hands. We were very sad because 279 of our brothers died too.

Paraphrase

I helped bury their dead with my own hands. And to our deep sorrow, 279 of our own people had been killed.