Mosiah 5-8

Mosiah 5-8 Study Guide – to be discussed September 27

Day 1: Read Mosiah 5:1-6
1. How did the people know that King Benjamin had told them the truth?


2. Why did Benjamin’s people rejoice?



3. What did the people of Zarahemla offer to do as their part of their covenant with God? What was God’s part?




Day 2: Read Mosiah 5:7-15; D&C 76:24; Romans 6:16-18; Mosiah 26:24
4. In Mosiah 1:11, Benjamin said he wanted to give his people a new name, because they had been diligent in keeping the Lord’s commandments. Can you think of people in the Bible who received new names? Why were their names changed?



5. In Mosiah 5:5, the people made a covenant to obey God’s commandments. Find two other covenants Benjamin asked his people to keep in Mosiah 5:7-15.



6. Read Romans 6:16-18 and John 10:1-5. How can we “hear and know the voice” of God? From Mosiah 26:24, what is the promise when we do this?



Day 3: Read Mosiah 6
7. Why do you think Benjamin recorded the names of all those who entered into the covenant?



8. How old was Mosiah when he began to reign? About what year was that?


9. Why did Mosiah pursue farming during his kingship?



Day 4: Read Mosiah 7:1-16 (with the chapter heading); Mosiah 9:1
10. Who was Ammon? What was his quest?



11. About what year did Ammon’s party leave Zarahemla? Use the date at the bottom of page 164 (associated with Zeniff’s departure into Nephi, Mosiah 9:1) to calculate approximately how many years had passed between Zeniff’s departure and Ammon’s journey to the land of Lehi-Nephi (Nephi).
12. What was Limhi’s first reaction to Ammon and his brethren? How did he react when he learned who Ammon was? Why?



Day 5: Read Mosiah 7:17-33; Mosiah 17:20
13. In what way(s) were Limhi’s people in bondage? How did they get into this situation?



14. Use Mosiah 17:20 to tell the name of the prophet who was called to preach repentance to the inhabitants of Nephi.


15. What does it mean to “sow filthiness"? Did Limhi depend on Ammon to rescue his people without any effort on their part? From verse 33, list what Limhi asked his people to do.




BONUS: Review Mosiah 7 and list parallels between Ammon and Christ – that is, how was Ammon a type of Christ?




Day 6: Read Mosiah 8:1-12
16. What two subjects of Ammon’s speech are identified in verses 2-3?



17. List the items found by the party Limhi sent forth to find Zarahemla.



18. Why was Limhi looking for someone who was able to translate unknown languages?


Day 7: Read Mosiah 8:13-21
19. Use the footnote to Mosiah 8:13b to give another name for the interpreters. Find these words in the Bible Dictionary and give the Hebrew meanings of the words.


20. What is a seer?



21. By what power was Mosiah able to translate?


22. What was Limhi’s reaction when he learned the Lord had provided a way to translate the 24 gold plates?


BONUS: What record did these plates contain?