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THE FIRST BOOK OF SHI-TUGO
Chapter 14
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Shi-Tugo recounts how the people of Ammon held firm to their oath of nonviolence, refusing to defend themselves even as some were slaughtered by attacking Lamanites. Lamanite converts who fled their homeland gathered to this people because of shared kinship, customs, and forms of governance, rather than joining the Nephites directly. Though the Ammonites adapted prophetic teachings to their own cultural patterns, most Nephites considered them strange, sinful, or threatening, and kept their distance.
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The prophets, however, praised their plain and pure faith and held them up as a pattern. The writer explains that ordinances, including the Law of Moses, exist to bring souls to Christ, who manifests Himself to those who earnestly seek Him, as He did to Abraham. Helaman and Shiblon credited Ammonite mothers' lived faith for the miraculous preservation of the stripling warriors.
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Shi-Tugo closes by urging future readers, who will receive his record in a time of great need, to imitate the Ammonites' example.
