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THE THIRD BOOK OF MORONI
Chapter 1
Premium narration
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I am Moroni, son of Mormon, the same who served briefly as captain of the Nephite armies and whose record of their destruction lies hidden in the earth by commandment. Being descended from Nephi and from Hagoth, I came north to dwell among the Nem, my kindred, and I write here of my labors in the Land Northward. Foremost I honor Heinmet, high priest of Mentina, son of Pa-Nat and Ishimhah.
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Foreseeing the war that would spill northward, he convened the Great Council of the thirteen principal cities at Witchittim, where my family dwelt. The cities raised earthworks, timber battlements, pits, and moats, abandoning the long-held Nem custom limiting any settlement to one or two hundred families. Mustering an army and concentrating populations strained the land, broke common consent, and fostered division.
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Heinmet later repented of this, traveling among Councils urging disbandment and quiet retreat before the advancing hosts. By withdrawing inland, the Nem passed unseen by Nephite and Lamanite alike, and so were preserved.
