<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=1202654">Chapter 3</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202662">Verse 8</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1202661">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1202663">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Original Chapter 1. Comprising chapters 1 to 3 inclusive.</em></p><p>And this was done that their seed might be distinguished from the seed of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions which would prove their destruction.</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=1202654">Chapter 3</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1202662">Verse 8</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1202661">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1202663">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/3/8">View Alma Chapter 3 Verse 8 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>