<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=1203939">Verse 47</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203938">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203940">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 20. Comprising chapters 43 and 44.</em></p><p>And again, the Lord has said that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed.  Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites, to defend themselves, and their families, and their lands, their country, and their rights, and their religion.</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=1203939">Verse 47</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1203938">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1203940">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/43/47">View Alma Chapter 43 Verse 47 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>