“The Lamanites Have Awakened and Do Pursue Thee”

Brant Gardner

A single day's distance between the Lamanites and Alma's people certainly wasn't enough. The Lord tells Alma that they Lamanites are in pursuit. With the size of the group Alma is leading, they would certainly leave clues of their journey that could be followed, at least for a few days (remembering that they have previously evaded a Lamanite army that was unable to follow them after a couple of days).

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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