Helaman rejoices in the preservation of his men, and is sad for those who have died. Nevertheless, faith is not just for the living, but is also for the fate of the dead. Helaman can be mildly consoled in the loss of life knowing that they have fought valiantly, and that they have entered into the rest of God.
Textual: Helaman’s letter continues into our next chapter. There is no break in the 1830 edition because Mormon’s conceptual chapter included the entirety of the epistle.