Mosiah Chapter 13

** IMPORTANT NOTE ** The record of Zeniff, comprising of Mosiah Chapters 9-22, is the first major flashback in the Book of Mormon and is about Zeniff and his people. This was hinted about in Mosiah Chapter 7 when Ammon finds King Limhi, the grandson of Zeniff. This record is an account of the people of Zeniff from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until the time they were discovered by Ammon and then in Chapter 22, when Ammon and King Limhi plot to get the people out of bondage from the Lamanites.

The record of Zeniff is one of the flashbacks in the Book of Mormon. To see and understand these flashbacks see Outlying the Flashbacks in the Book of Mormon

Summary:   King Noah tells the fake priests to slay Abinadi but he warns them that he cannot be touched or they will suffer themselves. He is protected by divine power. He then teaches the Ten Commandments. He tells them that salvation alone cannot come by the law of Moses only. He also teaches that God himself will make an atonement and redeem his people.

Lessons Taught/To be Learned: (no specific lessons for this chapter)

Key Scriptures (italicized and in quotes):

"28 And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses."