<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202580">Alma</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203892">Chapter 43</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203901">Verse 9</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203900">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203902">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 20. Comprising chapters 43 and 44.</em></p><p>And now the design of the Nephites was to support their lands, and their houses, and their wives, and their children, that they might preserve them from the hands of their enemies; and also that they might preserve their rights and their privileges, yea, and also their liberty, that they might worship God according to their desires.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1200000">Book of Mormon</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202580">Alma</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203892">Chapter 43</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1203901">Verse 9</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203900">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203902">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/43/9">View Alma Chapter 43 Verse 9 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>