11:15 A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a
measure of barley.
11:16 And a shiblum is a half of a shiblon.
11:17 And a leah is the half of a shiblum.
11:18 Now this is their number, according to their reckoning.
11:19 Now an antion of gold is equal to three shiblons.
11:20 Now, it was for the sole purpose to get gain, because they
received their wages according to their employ, therefore, they did
stir up the people to riotings, and all manner of disturbances and
wickedness, that they might have more employ, that they might get money
according to the suits which were brought before them; therefore they
did stir up the people against Alma and Amulek.
11:21 And this Zeezrom began to question Amulek, saying: Will ye answer
me a few questions which I shall ask you? Now Zeezrom was a man who was
expert in the devices of the devil, that he might destroy that which
was good; therefore, he said unto Amulek: Will ye answer the questions
which I shall put unto you?
11:22 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit
of the Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary
to the Spirit of the Lord. And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are
six onties of silver, and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny
the existence of a Supreme Being.
11:23 Now Amulek said: O thou child of hell, why tempt ye me? Knowest
thou that the righteous yieldeth to no such temptations?
11:24 Believest thou that there is no God? I say unto you, Nay, thou
knowest that there is a God, but thou lovest that lucre more than him.
11:25 And now thou hast lied before God unto me. Thou saidst unto
me—Behold these six onties, which are of great worth, I will give unto
thee—when thou hadst it in thy heart to retain them from me; and it was
only thy desire that I should deny the true and living God, that thou
mightest have cause to destroy me. And now behold, for this great evil
thou shalt have thy reward.
11:26 And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living
God?
11:27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.
11:28 Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?
11:29 And he answered, No.
11:30 Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?
11:31 And he said: An angel hath made them known unto me.
11:32 And Zeezrom said again: Who is he that shall come? Is it the Son
of God?
11:33 And he said unto him, Yea.
11:34 And Zeezrom said again: Shall he save his people in their sins?
And Amulek answered and said unto him: I say unto you he shall not, for
it is impossible for him to deny his word.
11:35 Now Zeezrom said unto the people: See that ye remember these
things; for he said there is but one God; yet he saith that the Son of
God shall come, but he shall not save his people—as though he had
authority to command God.
11:36 Now Amulek saith again unto him: Behold thou hast lied, for thou
sayest that I spake as though I had authority to command God because I
said he shall not save his people in their sins.
11:37 And I say unto you again that he cannot save them in their sins;
for I cannot deny his word, and he hath said that no unclean thing can
inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore, how can ye be saved, except
ye inherit the kingdom of heaven? Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your
sins.
11:38 Now Zeezrom saith again unto him: Is the Son of God the very
Eternal Father?
11:39 And Amulek said unto him: Yea, he is the very Eternal Father of
heaven and of earth, and all things which in them are; he is the
beginning and the end, the first and the last;
11:40 And he shall come into the world to redeem his people; and he
shall take upon him the transgressions of those who believe on his
name; and these are they that shall have eternal life, and salvation
cometh to none else.
11:41 Therefore the wicked remain as though there had been no
redemption made, except it be the loosing of the bands of death; for
behold, the day cometh that all shall rise from the dead and stand
before God, and be judged according to their works.
11:42 Now, there is a death which is called a temporal death; and the
death of Christ shall loose the bands of this temporal death, that all
shall be raised from this temporal death.
11:43 The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect
form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even
as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before
God, knowing even as we know now, and have a bright recollection of all
our guilt.
11:44 Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both
bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous;
and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but
every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in
the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of
Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one
Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be
good or whether they be evil.
11:45 Now, behold, I have spoken unto you concerning the death of the
mortal body, and also concerning the resurrection of the mortal body. I
say unto you that this mortal body is raised to an immortal body, that
is from death, even from the first death unto life, that they can die
no more; their spirits uniting with their bodies, never to be divided;
thus the whole becoming spiritual and immortal, that they can no more
see corruption.
11:46 Now, when Amulek had finished these words the people began again
to be astonished, and also Zeezrom began to tremble. And thus ended the
words of Amulek, or this is all that I have written.